Boxing Troupes

This is what I found.

During this interval, the Maitland Agricultural Show was held. Among the touring sideshows was Sam Norman's Boxing troupe, known from one end of Australia to the other. -------Exerpt :-
In his troupe were Dave Meekin --- one of the best Middleweights in Australia at that time --- and Young Athorne, a hard hitting Welterweight who had won fights at Sydney Stadium.
Sam Norman heard that Les Darcy was the best of the local lads. He wanted to arrange a fight between Meekin and Darcy, but Meekin was too heavy. Sam Norman himself then undertook to stop Darcy in four rounds.------------------------------- A big crowd packed the tent for this contest, but Norman got the surprise of his life when he landed several knockout punches on the young blacksmiths jaw without result. Les shook his head and came up smiling after the heaviest punches that Norman could deliver.The Maitland boy had no chance of landing many punches on such an experienced bobber and weaver as Sam Norman. Les's idea was to earn a pound by remaining on his feet for four rounds. He suceeded in that aim, and in the process gave Sam Norman what Dave Meekin later described as "one of the loveliest shiners ever seen".----Next day Young Athorn tried to stop Darcy in four rounds, but in the third round Darcy "put him to sleep". The Maitland boy was paid Thirty Shillings for that fight.----- On the following day, Dave Meekin and Darcy gave an exhibition of sparring for three rounds, drawing a full house of spectators.-------------- Those three days were helpful for Darcy's development............. -Excerpt :---- Darcy returns to the Newcastle Tournament to fight on 27th April 1912, in which he was scheduled to meet one of the cleverest fighters of the Northern Districts, H. Emery.Despite his reputation at Maitland, Darcy was scarcely known in Newcastle, where it was confidently predicted that Emery would have no difficulty in eliminating the country boy.----- The Newcastle Herald reported the fight :----- "Emery was the favorite, and got the shock of his life when the little fellow attacked with the ferocity of a terrier, Never giving his opponent a moments peace.""Emery soon discovered that he had an awkward opponent. Darcy ducked so cleverly to Emery's leads and smothered up so efficiently before Emery even attacked, that Emery was quite at a loss to bring out the right kind of punch". "The contest went the full eight rounds, and the referee's decision for Darcy was greeted with loud applause"" Darcy seemed as fresh as when he commenced. He will fight Tom Page in the final next Saturday".-----

 

Dave Meekin seems to be the most succesful of this crew. There are quite a few write ups on him.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/54655304?searchTerm=dave meekin boxing&searchLimits=