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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 17, 1923
Page
2
Heavy action marks a long boxing match as Jamito defeats Uren with a late surge. The bout features bruising exchanges, a tense seventh round, and crowd tension at ringside, with Uren delivering solid hits and Jamito countering effectively to seal the win.
Fragmentary OCR lists a Saturday night 8 30 event at Hounds Stadium with JAC MUNNO and ARCHIE HAMILTON among scattered names. The text is garbled but suggests a fixture or performance schedule with several person names appearing in disordered form.
Long fragmented reminiscence recounts sparring legends like Corbare, Francisca, and Johnson, detailing poverty before fame, training camps in Atlantic City, Barney Farley’s gym near San Francisco, and the rise of champions through grit. It references rivals, earnings, and the era’s tour bouts in vivid but non-graphic prose.
The article recounts Bill Heffernan reflecting on his boxing experiences in South Africa and notable figures of the era. It mentions rivals like Jack Dermal, Joe Goddard, Lachie Thompson, and British and Australian fighters, along with venues, matches, and the boxing culture of the prewar period.
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