Ernie Rice record (PLEASE UPDATE)

[TDs family]

My grandfather Sam "Tango" Debney, a pupil of Owen Moran, fought Ernie Rice in 1919 at the National Sporting Club and gave him a broken rib. The fight lasted 12 rounds and was ended when the referee intervened.

Reference for this:
BOXING Magazine, February 19th, 1919 - pages 72 and 73

The correspondent describes the fight as a "hurricane battle" and "one of the fiercest slams ever seen at headquarters".

[John]

we need a date to enter the fight

[TDs family]

Thank you, the date was Monday 17 February 1919 - based on the paper being dated 19 Feb (Wednesday) with a heading "All Monday's Results"
There is a mention of the fight in a Perth newspaper:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article ... rchLimits=