PROFESSIONAL BOUT
HANSEN WINS ON POINTS PA. TIMARU, Aug. 18. Ron Tonks (list lib) gained a points decision over Harry Hansen (lOst 101 b) in a 10-round professional boxing contest to-night. Although Hansen was the better boxer in the open, he was much inferior in the in-fighting. Tonks had more than a three-inch advantage in height and reach, and Hansen found it difficult to get within range.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26543, 19 August 1947, Page 9
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