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DEMPSEY-FIRPO FIGHT LEGAL ENTANGLEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 6, 10.20 p.m. New York. Sept. 5. The Dempsey-Firpo fight is threatened with a legal entanglement. Harry Wills’ manager has secured a New York Supreme Court writ requiring Rickard to show cause why the championship battle should not be prohibited. Wilis claims he has a previous engagement with Dempsey, under which the champoin consented to meet him. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Sept. 6. Tom Heeney (Gisborne) and Jim O’Sullivan (Auckland) will contest the heavyweight boking championship here on September 26-
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1923, Page 3
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