EMPIRE TITLE CHANGES HANDS— duck Petersen, who lost his title of Empire heavyweight boxing champion to Ben Coord, of South Africa, in a bout at Leicester. Petersen's quick defeat, the bout being stopped by the referee in the third round, was said to be the year's biggest boxing surprise. Petersen, has a reach of 76in.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20503, 22 August 1936, Page 16
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55EMPIRE TITLE CHANGES HANDS—duck Petersen, who lost his title of Empire heavyweight boxing champion to Ben Coord, of South Africa, in a bout at Leicester. Petersen's quick defeat, the bout being stopped by the referee in the third round, was said to be the year's biggest boxing surprise. Petersen, has a reach of 76in. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20503, 22 August 1936, Page 16
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