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Advertising : 15 wordsJOE RIVERS (America) claims to be the first to wear a foul protector In the ring. He sewed a heavy piece of rubber inside his trunks. . . . JACK BLACKBURN, trainer of Joe Louis, once gave Sam Langford 15lb. and held him to a draw. . . . Only five southpaws ever held world’s boxing ...
Article : 205 wordsFOR ten rounds Ray Haddigan and Young Roberts gave Stadium customers some real action on Saturday. They stood up to their job like true fighting men and threw punch for punch to turn on the most interesting fight seen at headquarters for ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 396 wordsTHE Alabama Kid and his new manager, Harry Johns, called in to see me. The Kid badly wants to fight Ron ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 794 wordsIN giving Al Basten so many chances to prove his ability, and at the same time improve himself, the Fitzroy promoters deserve credit for putting a local boy on the fistic map, and building a draw card who will boost the fight game. ...
Article : 325 wordsNORM TREGARTH tries to do too much with his left hook because he knows that he can knock them down. When he is bustled he swings instead of hooking. He should put in a lot of practice into marking that punch land where he wants it to without travelling more than a foot. Seeing ...
Article : 380 wordsWITH the Royal Show now behind him, Jimmy Sharman takes hi[?] troupe of leather-pushers out among the tall timber. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 273 wordsNO Australian born fighter has proved a better ambassador for his ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 327 wordsAT the Stadium on Saturday night when the bewhiskered Brother Jonathan entered the ring in his old red fannel drawers and [?]ngi[?]t. he ...
Article : 401 wordsGEORGE STOREY, secretary of the N.S.W. Professional Boxers’ Managers and Trainers’ Association, a registered trades union, supplies the ...
Article : 187 wordsLAST FRIDAY night Joe Hail (9.8[?]) hit Young Gildo (9.8[?]) with every punch in the text books on boxing and ran home the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 166 wordsTHE boxing and wrestling customers who packed the new Fitzroy Stadium on Monday night were handed of the best night’s entertainment ...
Article : 197 wordsTHE dates of the State championships have been definitely fixed, and October 14 is the first of the series. This will be an all-wrestling ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 449 wordsWAS John L. Sullivan really the champion of the world? Where did Peter Jackson rate? These questions are evergreen discussions among fight fans of mellow vintage, Australians generally agree that Peter ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 40 wordsPROMOTERS of the new Fitzroy Stadium are bringing new blood into the mat game out there for Friday night, when they produce Leo ...
Article : 124 wordsRAY STEELE and Dean Detton should turn oil the best wrestling entertainment of the year when they meet at the Stadium on Saturday ...
Article : 80 wordsAT the Terry Hall on Monday week the Past and Present Boxers are to hold their social night, and extend a welcome invitation to all the leather ...
Article : 94 wordsNext Tuesday night, October 10, will be a big night for fight fans at Bentleigh. Dick Congress has arranged a monster programme of boxing and ...
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Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), Wed 4 Oct 1939, Page 18
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