Boxing News magazine 9.12.1988 Download pdf

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S C O T L A N D ' S new star G a r y J a c o b s is likely to face
considerably stiffer opposition from his next Commonwealth
welterweight title challenger Rocky Kelly
than was offered by the hapless Zimbabwean
Richard Rova in the official main event on the Albert
Hall double bill.

IBF world flyweight champion Duke McKenzie took the
first step towards a second global crown when he
outpointed Artemio Ruiz of Mexico in the 10-round
main event at the Elephant and Castle Leisure Centre.

W A N D S W O R T H heavyweight Gary Mason advanced his
record to 28 consecutive wins (27 inside t h e distance) with a
controversial fifth-round stoppage victory over former
world-rated heavyweight James Tillis in t h e chief support to
McKenzie v Ruiz.

ROY SKELDON set the Town Hall ablaze with a rugged,
rousing defence of his Midland Area light-heavyweight title
against Steve Aquilina, who crumbled in the third of a
scheduled ten (three minute) rounds.

BARRY McGUIGAN remains convinced that he has the beating
of either WBC super-featherweight champion Azumah Nelson or
IBF title-holder Tony Lopez, but many in the crowd at Picketts
Lock and watching on live TV will find it difficult to share that
confidence on the evidence of the Irishman's gruelling eighthround
stoppage of the clever and courageous Argentinian Julio
Miranda.

IT'S Stage Two of Evander Holyfield's heavyweight build-up tonight
(December 9). The undefeated world cruiserweight champion meets
Pinklon Thomas, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion,
over ten rounds at Caesars casino hotel at Atlantic City.
A win here and Holyfield's possibly just one fight away from a financial
bonanza match with Mike Tyson.

HAVING beaten Czechoslovakia 9-3 last month at Bletchley,
England repeated the dose against West Germany at
Everton Park Sports Centre in what was the first senior
international to be staged in this city for 13 years.
All four reigning ABA champions in the side — Mickey
Cantwell, Keith Howlett, Mark Edwards and Henry Akinwande
— were successful, as well as 1987 champions Mark
Elliot and Neville Brown.