SENSATIONAL FIGHT
Clem Sands Draws With Jenkins BOXING AT AUCKLAND PA AUCKLAND, July 24. In a sensational fight in the Town Hall tonight, the Australian aborigine. Clem Sands (10.6 j) floored Jackie Jenkins- (10.6), of Auckland, eight times in ten rounds, but could still only earn a draw. Thd* final gong rang as Jenkins was knocked flat on his back from a terrific right cross. The Aucklander was down six times in the last three rounds. Jenkins ripped away with both hands to the body to build up a big lead on points in the early rounds, and by the seventh round, Sands looked sick. Then Jenkins walked into a short right to the jaw which dropped him. He rolled over, tried to rise and sank back to the The gong saved him at the count of six. From then on, although he was weary, Sands slammed over his vicious right again and again and the house was in an uproar in the final rounds.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27450, 25 July 1950, Page 5
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