BOXING.
A GOOD BOUT.
PURDY OUTPOINTS MURRAY
(I’er Press Association.’■ DUNEDIN, hist night, (.harles Purdy (Auckland) defeated Les Murray on points in a catch-weight contest last- night. The match was a beautiful exposition of scientific boxing, and was clean throughout and almost devoid of clinches. It was a fairly oven bout, but Purdy's reach proved a valuable asset against his shorter-armed opponent.
'The result was a surprise in Dunedin, as it was generally expected that Murray would win, and (here are some who feel that the result should at least have been a draw, though they are in a minority. FERNANDEZ AND DE LEON DRAW. :E!ec, To). Copyright T 7 n>T«l Press Assn. SYDNEY, Jan. 31. At the Stadium Fernandez and Dc Leon fought a' twenty-round draw, it was a wild, rough contest. TITLE FORFEITED. LONDON. Jan. 18. The Boxing Board of Control has deprived Boland Todd of the middleweight title owing to his failure' to defend if for nearly throe years. He refused many English offers, and went to America.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16947, 1 February 1926, Page 10
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171BOXING. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16947, 1 February 1926, Page 10
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