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Lawless Survives first T AF ActionOnly James Lawless, 132. of Austin. survived action m the first »• night's milling at Fort Worth Thursday night, as the three-night , TAF boxing tournament got under-’ way.Three other Austin fighters were defeated, while three more drew byes to advance to the second night's action.Fighters drawing byes were Lupe LaFuente. featherweight. Eddie Garza. welterweight, and Joe Moran, light heavyweight, the latter two fighters representing Austin although living in San Antonio.Lawless outpointed Joe Dill. 133. Sheppard Field in three rounds. His teammates didn’t fare so well. Hiram Ruiz, 112, Houston, de-cisioned Noe Flores, 112, Austin, Felix Baker. 117. Houston, hammered out a win over Albert Rangel, 118 1-2. and Hiram Gonzales. 157. Shepperd Field, knocked out Robert Wright, 160, Austin, in 1:06 of the first round.
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Austin American
Austin, Texas, US
Fri, Aug 12, 1949
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