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Excerpt from The Ballarat Independent Sept 1899....Empire champion Tommy Burns defends his title belt with a knockout in 6 rounds of ring veteran Owen Sullivan (21-7-1) after his scheduled opponent Des Quinlan decided to meet Bill Squires instead "..to get himself in top form to challenge Burns"...Former Australasian champion Billy McColl looks in peak form as he totally dominates Pat McIntyre over ten rounds while McIntyre appears to have declined considerably since his loss in May to Squires...Touring the colony from his home in South Afrika Mike Williams puts to rest any claims he has gone back with a savage beating and KO of highly rated Fred Preston inside 4 rounds improving his record to 16-5-0 [10] .....Sid Russell (13st 3lb) bulls his way through Raymond Berenger (13st) using a brutal body assault to wear the Frenchman down and put him on the canvas once in the ninth and again in the tenth before the referee stops the fight with seconds remaining....At Cape Town, South Afrika, two highly rated young heavyweights Ron Anderson (10-0-1) and Japie Smit (9-2-4) meet in front of a black tie crowd to decide local honours....Half way through round one Anderson catches Smit rushing in and knocks him cold with a roundhouse right and a beautiful short left hook to the jaw...Prior to this encounter unbeaten Harry Smith of Durban knocked out Harry Kruger of Cape Town in five furious rounds of slugging....