Boxing News magazine Download PDF 2.5.1975

Boxing News 1975 Memorabilia

IT hardly surprises me that the Boxing Board's efforts to
create a rapport witji the A B A have fallen down. Hence last
week's announcement that
apprentice pro category.

KEVIN FINNEGAN, Britain's European
middleweight champion, matches craftsmanship and
old-fashioned courage against the brute force and
aggression of French challenger Gratien Tonna in
Monte Carlo on Wednesday.

DONATO PADUANO, Canadian middleweight who retired
last week, was one of those fighters who looked good at the
start of their careers but never quite got it back together
after the first taste of defeat.

THE professional career of Walworth heavyweight
Denton Ruddock, former star amateur with the Lynn
Club, has hit trouble before he has even thrown a
punch for pay.

ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL DELROY PARKES (RAF) topped the bill on the Vauxhall
Motors show at the Vauxhall Canteen and suffered a setback when he was outpointed by
London middleweight finalist KEITH BUSSEY (R. Browning).

VETERAN manager George Biddies is
looking for Halifax heavyweight Richard
Dunn to stop Midlands Area champion
Rocky Campbell in their re-scheduled
10-rounder at the Midlands Sporting Club,
Solihull on Wednesday.

NATIONAL SMELTING ABC are planning a dinner show at the
Ashton Court Country club, Long Ashton, Bristol, on May 14 and
are looking to match the following: Bob Dorrington, 10.4 Malcolm
Jones 10.3 Malcolm Lawrence 9.12 Roy Hutchinson 9.12; Terry
Chard, heavyweight. Any club or clubs interested should contact
Mr Hicks at Bristol

ONE of the memorable features of the Convention was a splendid
exhibition of Boxiana, with championship belts, rare prints and the
like, which brought back a host of memories.
Henry Cooper's three Lonsdale Belts were there, as was
Randolph Turpin's light-heavyweight belt. The championship belt
awarded to Paul Pender by the Ring was also on display.
There were large photos of some of the great champions of the
past, and prints of some of the most famous bar-knuckle bouts.
It was a wonderful display, and credit for this must go to the man
responsible, LEBA member Jimmy Wheeler.
I haven't the room to mention nearly as many of the exhibits as
I'd like to. So I'll leave it up to you. If YOU saw the exhibition, and
any particular exhibit brought back any special memories for you,
write in and tell me about it. I'll print as many letters as I can."