BOXING.
DONOVAN AND LECKIE DRAW. Bv Tclesrraph — Press Association PALMERSTON N., December 28. After 15 three-minute rounds, a featherweight contest at catch weights between Tommy Donovan (Waitara), featherweight champion, and Johnnie Leckie (Napier), resulted in a draw, a decision which met with the approval of the great majority of the spectators. The fight was staged in the Palmerston North Opera House, before a large attendance, and although full of interest there was little clean hitting, Donovan beihg an awkward target and taking every chance to get in close, where he did best. Leckie outfought his man in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth rounds, to lead on points, but Donovan finished aggressively to make up the leeway. FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE OF U.S.A. Umced Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ‘Received December 28, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 27. Midget Woegast and Frankie Genaro, rival claimants for the flyweight title, fought a fifteen rounds bout resulting in a draw.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18762, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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155BOXING. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18762, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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