SAILOR AND BOXER
RANGITIKI QUARTERMASTER WANTS A FIGHT HELPED N.Z. OLYMPIC REPS. i Sailor and professional boxer, W. J. Hunt, quartermaster of the R.M.M.S. Rangitiki, is anxious to get a contest or two in New Zealand. Hunt has more than a passing acquaintance with the quality of boxers produced in New Zealand as he was one of the crew of the Remtrera, which carried Ted Morgan and Alf Cleverley Home to the Olympic Games last year, and he played his part in helping to keep the New Zealand representatives fit. On arrival in London he introduced them to the London rings and to various gymnasiums. Hunt has had 10 professional contests, winning nine, and losing one, in which he was acting as a substitute. He entertains hopes of trading punches with some of the New Zealand lightweights and as he weighs 9st 61b he should be a suitable opponent for Hector Leckie or Leslie. As an amateur Hunt had 65 contests and lost only one. He holds the Geddes Championship Cup presented by the Orient Line and is champion of Dockland. He is satisfied that, given the opportunity, he will make a good fight of it with any of the light-weights in New Zealand.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 813, 6 November 1929, Page 13
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