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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1956Vol. XXVI, No.12

[?] itione Lave Loses

p. 25 · Read in the full issue

[?] Jamaican ...

R Itione Lave, Of

L Tonga, lost on points to Jamaican Joe 'graves in the British apire Heavyweight box- I title at Wembley, Lon n, on June 26.

The winner is recognised a contender to the world avy weight title, cur ntly vacant since the re r e m e n t of Rocky arciano.

Commentators say that ere was “not much in e fight” between the mgan and the Jamaican, id right up to the final II Lave was obviously Dking for a chance to nd just one more big inch.

Lave lost most of his ints because he had to be irned continually for abb it punching.” is a dockworker Birkenhead.

An incident in the fight; Bygraves here looks to be getting the worst of it.