BOUT AT AUCKLAND
LIGHTWEIGHT CONTEST HUGHES BEATS OXLEY [ Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Oct. 31. The projlessional boxing contest for the lightweight championship of New Zealand between Archie Hughes (Auckland) tho holder, and Ted Oxley (Pahiatua), challenger, was won by fieghes on points at the end of the scheduled fifteen rounds. The decision met with a very mixed reception by tbc large crowd present. Hughes became a little more aggressive in the ninth round, which was fairly even, and he claimed an advantage in the tenth and eleventh rounds. The twelfth was Oxley’s and there was little between the pair in the concluding three rounds. The announcement of the verdict m favour of the title-holder was the signal for ft loud outburst of hooting. The contest was the brightest that has been seen in Auckland for some time. It was a willing encounter all the way. The pair exchanged punches freely from the first gong.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 258, 1 November 1932, Page 8
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154BOUT AT AUCKLAND Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 258, 1 November 1932, Page 8
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