Boxing News magazine 4.10.1985 Download pdf

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WBA featherweight champion Barry McGuigan (left) can now look forward to earning big purses
in America after his successful first defence against American Bernard Taylor in Belfast on
Saturday. Read Harry Mullan's ringside report on pages 2-4.

IT'S BEEN a bad month for the Deep South: first Hurricane Gloria and
now the Clones Cyclone, Barry McGuigan, who swept away Bernard
Taylor's hopes of bringing the WBA featherweight title home to
Tennessee.
The end came, anti-climactically, with Taylor sitting on his stool at the
end of the eighth of their scheduled 15-rounder in a packed and passionate
Kings Hall. The American had not been off his feet, but defeat had
become inevitable and manager Ace Millar
acted compassionately to spare his man the
indignity of a knockout.

THE sheer industry of TERRY MAGEE brought
him a close and hard-earned decision over FRANKI
MORO after 10 absorbing (three minute) rounds at
Pat Brogan's European Sporting Club. The win
gained Magee the new Screen Sport light-middleweight
title, but he was made to fight back from
an early points deficit by an opponent who countered
neatly, moved cleverly and, generally, gave Magee a
frustrating time.

UNDERDOGS are the mainstay of boxing, provoking a
lot of the controversy and debate while generating much of
the interest and attraction in the game. Last month in the
Isle of Man, Chorleywood's Mick Courtney was cast in the
role of underdog in his challenge for the British lightmiddleweight
title held by Prince Rodney.
Mick, 26, was widely considered to be a no-hoper
entering the fight, yet though he lost, he emerged earning
the plaudits of the critics. Underrated and undervalued,
Mick didn't read the script and nearly pulled off a major
upset.

THE RECENT death of former Welsh star Phineas John
at the University Hospital of Wales, Heath, Cardiff,
brought forth a lot of correspondence, suggesting an
article in this series.
Reader J. Seaton of Cardiff wrote: "Please, a small
tribute to Phineas John, one of the great names of Welsh
boxing. He will be sadly missed. A much-loved boxer, and
a wonderful sportsman."