BOXING.
LECKIE DEFEATS GREEN.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, Wednesday. Johnnie Lcckie, the New Zealand champion boxer, defeated Teddy Green, the .Australian bantam-weight champion, in a contest at Napier tonight. The bout was scheduled to go 15 rounds, but the Australian retired in the tenth round. Green complained of soreness on the front of his head, caused, apparently, through a collision with Leckie's chin in about the eighth round. A medical examination showed that he was suffering from slight concussion. Green was 81b lighter than Lcckie, the latter being Bst 111 b.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17365, 29 March 1928, Page 2
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91BOXING. Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17365, 29 March 1928, Page 2
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