A day in the life at the University of Pretoria: 02 June 1978

On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" the student newspaper the Perdeby reported on UP’s boxing champion, Allan Alchin.

Perdeby, 02 June 1978 © UP Archives

The article, featured above, detailed, the matches that took place at a local primary school. At this 1978 North Transvaal boxing championship Alchin won the heavy weight championship in a knock out round against Jan Crafford from Rustenburg.

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