Australian Boxer Disqualified
NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night (PA).—Melvin Hume, the Australian professional boxer, was disqualified in lhe fifth round of a welterweight bout with Roy McKeown, of Auckland, at Taumarunui last night. Hume had been warned several times by the referee for using a rabbit punch. I Hume impressed with cleaver weaving and swift punching, but Mci Keown was superior in infighting.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 11 September 1950, Page 6
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62Australian Boxer Disqualified Wanganui Chronicle, 11 September 1950, Page 6
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