BOXING CONTEST
TRAGIC SEQUEL.
CQT.T.APSE OF COMPETITOR’S
MOTHER.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Johannesburg, Jan. 21. A recent boxing contest in Johannesburg had a tragic sequel to-day when Mrs Stevens, mother of Laurie Stevens, Olympic lightweight champion, now a professional, died. She was present at the fight between Stevens and the Italian, Addo Spoldi. Seeing her son knocked down for the first time in his career, she collapsed and never recovered from the shock.
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Southland Times, Issue 22487, 23 January 1935, Page 7
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76BOXING CONTEST Southland Times, Issue 22487, 23 January 1935, Page 7
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