BOXING.
WEEK-END BOUTS IN AUSTRALIA. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright * Australian and N.H. Cable Association (Received December 20, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 20. One of the worst exhibitions of boxing in the local arena for many years was provided at. the Stadium, when Butcher retained the welter championship by beating llaviiah Lieu on points in twenty rounds. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian find N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received December 20, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, December 20. At the Stadium, Allen (South Africa) knocked out Congress in the twelfth round. BLACKBURN BEATS LASHER. Tele<rr;ip?i—Press Association GISBORNE, December 19. A ten-round contest between Clarrie Blackburn (Auckland), 10.6, and Larrie Lasher (Australia), 10.13 terminated in the fifth round, when, after Lasher had been down three times, his secorids threw in the towel.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 December 1925, Page 3
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126BOXING. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 December 1925, Page 3
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