BOXING
STRICKLAND AND ALABAMA KID NEGOTIATIONS FOR MATCH (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Nov. 7. Negotiations are proceeding to match Maurice Strickland, a former contender for the world's heavy-weight boxing title, with Alabama Kid, who is classed among the leading light-heavy-weights in the world to-day, at Palmerston North on Boxing Night. The Palmerston Boxing Association has offered Alabama Kid £l5O win, lose, or draw, but it is believed that he will request a straight-out training purse and a percentage of the gatetakings. He will leave Auckland tonight for Wellington to complete arrangements. It is understood also that Alabama Kid will insist on 12 three-minute rounds.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24450, 8 November 1940, Page 9
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