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FRANK BRUNO looked as dominant as he has done in all
his professional fights as he halted outgunned Scott Le-
Doux after one min 35 sees of the third of their scheduled
10-rounder at Wembley.
Referee Larry O'Connell intervened
with LeDoux badly cut on the left
eyebrow. The cut later needed six
stitches. The crowd booed but Mr O'
Connell was quite right to stop matters
when he did.

DURING the World Boxing Council's Convention in Mexico City a
couple of years ago, our hosts were kind enough to arrange an outing to
see a festival of Mexican folk dancing.
However being a cultural barbarian whose folk dance appreciation is
only stirred by kilts, I decided to opt out, and along with Harold
Lederman and Mickey Duff I went to the Arena Coliseo to catch the
atmosphere of a typical Mexican boxing show.
As luck would have it, we chose the night when the "Acapulco Tiger"
Marcos Villasana was on the bill. Young Villasana was on a good winning
run, and was about to be put to the test by the useful Memin Barcenas.
Barcenas looked a candidate for the "Most likely to win a back alley
brawl" award, but in fact proved to be a good box-fighter with a surprising
degree of skill.

KEVIN TAYLOR, having come from nowhere to
shunt England's three leading featherweights, including
both of last year's finalists out of the title hunt,
should be feeling supremely confident of lifting the
nine stone crown in the 95th ABA finals at Wembley
Arena tonight.
But southpaw Taylor, the 19-year-old Rochdale
demolition worker, no doubt realises he still probably
faces his stiffest test in another stranger to the division
- flambuoyant Glaswegian Peter Bradley, the Scottish
lightweight international who has so improved
since dropping down a weight this season,

THE poser of the second half of the ABA finals
programme, and probably the most difficult prediction
of all, involves the only repeat of a 1982 final and
may appear surprising as Harold Hylton of Brockworh
Vicking, Gloucester, kayoed Midlander Horace
Notice in little over two minutes of the first last year.
The ending, however, was controversial though
Hylton's superiority at that stage was unquestionable.
Notice arrived at Wembley as an unbeaten 18 bout
novice. The occasion appeared to have got to him and
he was caught cold and dropped twice by Hylton.
When he was ruled out though he had only lost his
footing on the narrow ring apron and gone down on a
knee in his own corner.

WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini's plans are in the
air after a broken collar-bone last week forced the cancellation
of his May 27 defence against Kenny 'Bang Bang'
Bogner in SW Africa.
The fight was to have been part of a show-biz/boxing
spectacular with Davey Moore defending the WBA lightmiddleweight
title against Roberto Duran, plus a concert by
Frank Sinatra. Now the whole show has been cancelled.

EDWIN ROSARIO, the 20-year-old, unbeaten Puerto Rican,
overcame by far his toughest test as he won a
unanimous but bitterly hard fought 12 rounds decision over
Mexico's Jose Luis Ramirez to win the vacant WBC lightweight
title.
Rosario, roared on by a crowd of about 10,000 at the
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, landed his best punches bang
on the chin, the sort of blows that had given him 23 wins by
stoppage or knockouts in a run of 24 consecutive victories,
but the Mexican took it all and came on, slamming away
with both hands from his southpaw style.