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Local amateur boxing clubs were started in the early 1900s. This is an amateur bout at a Christchurch club in 1910, attended by a good crowd of men. The wooden structures protruding from the ceiling are frames for speed bags, which are used for punching practice.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)
Reference: 1/1-009095-G
by Steffano Francis Webb
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