Boxing News magazine 18.12.1987 Download pdf

Boxing News magazine 18.12.1987 Download pdf
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SUGAR Ray Leonard's upset victory over Marvelous Marvin Hagler eight
months ago could yet have one last tragic repercussion.
On January 22, at the Atlantic City Convention Centre, New Jersey,
veteran former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Larry
Holmes, 38 years old, a grandfather, and inactive for 21 months, will come
out of retirement to face triple title-holder Mike Tyson, 17 years his junior.
Tyson-Holmes, like Hagler-Leonard, has been unanimoulsy approved
by the WBC. They voted 22-0 in favour of Holmes returning at their 24th
Annual convention in London
in October.

T H E light-heavyweight division may be at an all-time low if
you j u d g e purely on t h e fistic merit of t h e t o p fighters: t h r ee
world champs and none of t h em with the classic bearing of
an Archie Moore, Bob Foster or Michael Spinks.
But the 12st 7lb class promises lots of action and
competitive fights in the coming months.
To cash in on their titles, all won in a three-month
upheaval (September to November inclusive), champions
Charles Williams, Donny Lalonde and Virgil Hill know they
will have to be busy. Generally speaking, the really big
money just isn't there for them.

ONE day we will look back on the recent Bobby Frankham episode as the point in
time when professional boxing took a long look in the mirror and decided on a
long, possibly painful, face-lift!
We have photographs and television recording of the distressing series of
incidents in the ring when Frankham blew his top. To me, the reaction from
boxing personalities and fight critics was overwhelmingly smug and "holier than
thou " . Should Frankham be punished by a life sentence of "never being able to
box again"? Was his fault unforgivable and heinous? Consider the background to
this critical event.