IN THE RING
TEAM FROM H.M.S. LEITH DEFEATED IN GISBORNE GISBORNE, Nov. 22. The British Navy had to lower its colours last evening when a team of boxers from the sloop Leith participated in a charity tournament. In a
professional middleweight contest, Wattie Robertson (Gisborne) 10.10 defeated Seaman Sandy Saunders 11.8 on a knock-out in the sixth round, the Navy man spraining an ankle and being unable to rise. Robertson had a good lead on points up to this stage. Of six preliminary bouts Gisborne boys won five, four on technical knock-outs.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 273, 23 November 1935, Page 6
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