BOXING
WIN BY SHORT ROUTE. McKNIGHT KNOCKS OUT LES ROBSON. (Rec. 9.5 p.m.) Brisbane, June 12. McKnight (10.5) knocked out Les Robson (10.10), in three rounds.—A. and N.Z. McKNIGHT GIVEN AN OVATION. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Brisbane, June 12. McKnight was given an ovation in the Brisbane Stadium when he knocked out Les Robson, the Queensland welter-weight, in the third round. Robson swapped punches and paid the penalty. It was a great fight.—A. and N.Z. PAYNE WINS ON POINTS. (Rec. 9.5 p.m.) Sydney, June 12. At the Stadium, Tiger Payne beat Sunny Jim Williams on points in a hard-fought contest. Payne downed Williams in the first and third rounds, but found his opponent very , shifty and full of fight.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20202, 13 June 1927, Page 7
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