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PROFESSIONAL BOXING FIGHTS INVOLVING NEW ZEALANDERS 1943<\/strong><\/p>\n 3\/2\/43 QUEENSBERRY CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, UK. 22\/2\/43 COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, AVON, UK. 17\/3\/43 QUEENSBERRY CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, UK. 31\/3\/43* COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, AVON, UK. 19\/4\/43 THE DOME, BRIGHTON, SUSSEX, UK. 23\/4\/43 COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, AVON, UK. 19\/5\/43 QUEENSBERRY CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, UK. British, Empire and European heavyweight titles.<\/p>\n 22\/5\/43 TOWN HALL, TEMUKA, NZ. 31\/5\/43 COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, AVON, UK. 28\/6\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 28\/6\/43 LABOUR HALL, PETONE, NZ. 26\/7\/43 LABOUR HALL, PETONE, NZ. 2\/8\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 11\/8\/43 QUEENSBERRY CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, UK. 16\/8\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 22\/8\/43**** NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA. 28\/8\/43 NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA. 30\/8\/43 LABOUR HALL, PETONE, NZ. 6\/9\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 27\/9\/43 LABOUR HALL, PETONE, NZ. 4\/10\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 9\/10\/43 WINTER SHOW BUILDING, WELLINGTON, NZ. 25\/10\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN. 26\/10\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 1\/11\/43 LABOUR HALL, PETONE, NZ. 22\/11\/43 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND, NZ. 20\/12\/43 TOWN HALL, WELLINGTON, NZ. 20\/12\/43 NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA. BREAKDOWN: – 1943 (NZ POPULATION IN 1943 ESTIMATED AT 1,642,000)<\/p>\n A variety of sources have been helpful in the compilation of the above list. I acknowledge MP 2021<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PROFESSIONAL BOXING FIGHTS INVOLVING NEW ZEALANDERS 1943 3\/2\/43 QUEENSBERRY CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, UK.COMMISSION: – BRITISH BOXING BOARD of CONTROL.Heavyweight George Muir W Len Bennett KO 3 \/ 8 22\/2\/43 COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, AVON, UK.Heavyweight George Muir D Jim Wilde PTS 8 17\/3\/43 QUEENSBERRY CLUB, SOHO, LONDON, UK.COMMISSION: – BRITISH BOXING BOARD of CONTROL.Heavyweight Arnold Hayes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzbhof.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
COMMISSION: – BRITISH BOXING BOARD of CONTROL.
Heavyweight George Muir W Len Bennett KO 3 \/ 8<\/p>\n
Heavyweight George Muir D Jim Wilde PTS 8<\/p>\n
COMMISSION: – BRITISH BOXING BOARD of CONTROL.
Heavyweight Arnold Hayes W George Muir PTS 4
(FIRST ROUND BOUT OF AN EIGHT MAN HEAVYWEIGHT ELIMINATION CONTEST)<\/p>\n
Heavyweight George Muir D Jim Wilde DRAW 10
* DATE UNCERTAIN.<\/p>\n
Heavyweight George Muir W George Marwick KO 3 \/ 8<\/p>\n
Heavyweight George Muir W Arnold Hayes PTS 8<\/p>\n
COMMISSION: – BRITISH BOXING BOARD of CONTROL.
Heavyweight Bruce Woodcock** W George Muir TKO 4 \/ 8
** WOODCOCK chalked up his 10th of 25 straight wins on his way to winning the<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 JOE STEWART.
Lightweight Harry Tiger Bates W Clarrie Rayner TKO 1 \/ 12<\/p>\n
Heavyweight Martin Thornton W George Muir DQ 5 \/ 8<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN.
Super Light Clarrie Gordon W Young Jim Griffin KO 7 \/ 10<\/p>\n
Lightweight Edward Jock Colvin W Ernie Underwood PTS 10 \/ 10
REFEREE \u2013 ALF CLEVERLEY.
Heavyweight Jack Cossil N Jimmy Sheppard N\/D 3
REFEREE \u2013 LEW STEWART.<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 R. STEWART.
Super Feather Edward Jock Colvin W Harold Foote PTS 10<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 JIM SLOAN.
Super Light Clarrie Rayner W Harry Tiger Bates DQ 3 \/ 10<\/p>\n
COMMISSION: – BRITISH BOXING BOARD of CONTROL.
Heavyweight George Marwick W George Muir*** PTS 8
*** GEORGE MUIR\u2019S last bout in the UK. In his almost two years abroad he did not
achieve the level of success of predecessors Tom Heeney and Maurice Strickland, despite
this he fought against some good level opposition, compiling a UK record of 11 wins, 5 loses
and 2 draws in his 18 bouts.<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 ERIC ARMISHAW.
Lightweight Clarrie Gordon W Clarrie Rayner PTS 10<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
Super Welter Vic Caltaux W Garvey Young (USA) KO 8 \/ 10
**** DATE UNCERTAIN.<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
Middleweight Vic Caltaux W J. Cave KO 4 \/ 10
REFEREE \u2013 TOM HEENEY.<\/p>\n
Lightweight Edward Jock Colvin W Billy Brown PTS 10
REFEREE \u2013 ALF CLEVERLEY.<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN.
Lightweight Clarrie Gordon W Clarrie Rayner TKO 2 \/ 10<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 LEW STEWART.
Lightweight Billy Brown W Harold Foote PTS 10<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN.
Welterweight Percy Kelly W C. J. Skinner PTS 3
REFEREE \u2013 JIM SLOAN.
Welterweight Percy Kelly W C. J. Herrington PTS 3<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
REFEREE \u2013 PHIN STONE.
Welterweight Young Jim Griffin W Tommy McCoy TKO 1 \/ 3
(FINAL CENTAL MILITARY DISTRICT WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN.
Lightweight Billy Brown W John Holder PTS 3<\/p>\n
Lightweight Percy Kelly W C. Winder PTS 3
REFEREE \u2013 JIM SLOAN.
Lightweight Percy Kelly W C. L. Byford TKO 3 \/ 3
REFEREE \u2013 JIM SLOAN.
Heavyweight George Singleton (Aust) W Colin Hindrup TKO 3 \/ 3
(SEMI-FINAL NEW ZEALAND SERVICES HEAVYWEIGHT COMPETITION)<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN.
Lightweight Billy Brown W Tom Dillon TKO 2 \/ 3
(SEMI-FINAL NZ SERVICES LIGHTWEIGHT COMPETITION)
REFEREE \u2013 ERIC ARMISHAW.
Lightweight Billy Brown W Percy Kelly PTS 3
(FINAL NZ SERVICES LIGHTWEIGHT COMPETITION)
REFEREE \u2013 H. W. BRIEN.
Welterweight Young Jim Griffin W Colin Miller TKO 2 \/ 3
(SEMI-FINAL NZ SERVICES WELTERWEIGHT COMPETITION)
REFEREE \u2013 ERIC ARMISHAW.
Welterweight Young Jim Griffin W Colin Kerr PTS 3
(FINAL NZ SERVICES WELTERWEIGHT COMPETITION)
REFEREE \u2013 ERIC ARMISHAW.
Heavyweight G. Singleton (Aust) W Fred Zimmerman (CAN) PTS 3
(FINAL NZ SERVICES HEAVYWEIGHT COMPETITION)<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 ALF CLEVERLEY.
Lightweight Edward Jock Colvin W Clarrie Rayner PTS 10<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 ERIC ARMISHAW.
Super Light Billy Brown W Clarrie Gordon TKO 5 \/ 10<\/p>\n
REFEREE \u2013 PHIN STONE.
Lightweight Clarrie Rayner W Edward Jock Colvin PTS 10<\/p>\n
SERVICES BOXING.
Lightweight Billy Brown W Joe Rodriguez PTS 3<\/p>\n
NZ ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL BOXERS\u2019 25
BOUTS IN NZ 25
BOUTS OVERSEAS 12
TOTAL ROUNDS BOXED 191
NZ PROMOTIONS 16
OVERSEAS PROMOTIONS FEATURING NZ FIGHTERS 12
NZ TITLE FIGHTS NIL
NZ\u2019s MOST ACTIVE FIGHTER DURING THE YEAR: – George Muir 9 Bouts
VISITORS (Armed Services Competions) 2
BOUTS IN NZ FEATURING VISITORS —————–\u201d ——————- 2<\/p>\n
BOXREC, SPORTS DIGEST, BOXER LIST and various newspapers.
If any errors or omissions are spotted in the above, please email sugar-ray@hotmail.com
So that this archive can be corrected and updated.<\/p>\n