BOXING
BUTCHER OUTPOINTS TANNER KEEN CONTEST IN SYDNEY. - By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Mav 23. 5.5 p.m.) t SYDNEY, May 23. At the Stadium on Saturday night Eddie Butcher (Iffst 241 b) outpointed fssy Tanner (lOst in a contest of 29 rounds. Tho fight was very even throughout; Butcher came out on top as a boxer. Tanner seemed to nurse his right hand in order to end matters early, and lie nearly succeeded in doing so in tho eighth round, and again in the thirteenth, when with a heavy right swing to tho jaw he dropped Butcher for nine seconds. It Was only Butcher's clever boxing that got him out of that trouble. I rom then on bot h men fought hard, Tanner, who was glightJff
behind on points, but Butcher was content to box his opponent. j GILLESPIE BEATS kcllT (Received Mav 23, 5.5 p.m.i MELBOURNE, May 23. At tho Stadium Norman Gillespie defeated I’atsy Kelly on points, in 20 rounds. CARPENTIER FIGHTS AGAIN FIRST MATCH DRAWN. (Received May 23. 5.5 p.m.) j NEW YORK. May '2l. 1 Georges Carped tier essaying '(<> "come back." fought 10 rounds with Eddie llufTman, of Cc.lifoi min. The match ‘-was drawn.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12454, 24 May 1926, Page 11
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197BOXING New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12454, 24 May 1926, Page 11
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