PROFESSIONAL BOXING
MORTON DEFEATS GRIFFEN United Press Association > WELLINGTON, July 11. Mayne Morton (Hutt Valley) proved too rugged for John L. Griffen (Waipukurau) in a 10-round professional contest held by the Hutt Valley Boxing Association to-night. It was a spirited contest, but Morton did the leading throughout and gradually wore his man down with a two-handed attack to the head and body. Griffen boxed cleverly, but there was not much power in his punches. The end came in the ninth round, when Morton put his man down for nine with a left hook. Upon Griffen gamely resuming the perpendicular, a right cross spreadeagled him again. The referee counted to nine and raised Morton’s hand. Both men scaled lOst 51b.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23858, 12 July 1939, Page 14
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