OPEN-AIR BOXING
PLUTO WINS AT SYDNEY Received Feb. 9, 11.55 p.m. SYDNEY, Feb. S. < Open-air boxing contests were staged at Sydney Sports Ground tonight. The first was between Jimmy Purcell 10.4) - and Bill Pluto 10.7), Pluto receiving the decision on points at the end of 15 rounds. Purcell gained an early lead with heavy body blows, but Plutto, who impressed as u very game boxer with a most elective left, rallied and won by the r«r. rowest margin.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 7
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78OPEN-AIR BOXING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 7
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