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The Olympic boxer died, aged 87, on January 8 at Buderim Hospital... Born and raised in the Queensland country town (of Theodore)...
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Australian light-heavyweight boxer Adrian Holmes won an Olympic Games bout by a knock-out last night after being down for eight seconds in the first round...
- ↑ "Boxer in semi-final". The Sydney Morning Herald . Australian Associated Press. 13 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
Holmes outpointed Irishman O'Hagan in his quarter-final this morning...
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