Boxing News magazine 24.8.1984 Download pdf

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F O R M E R world flyweight champion Charlie Magri
gets yet another comeback chance when he travels to
Cagliari tonight (Friday) to meet Italian champion
Franco Cherchi f o r the vacant E u r o p e a n crown.
It is a fine opportunity for Magri to re-establish
himself because Antoine Montero, of France, relinquished
the crown unbeaten to challenge for a world
title.

T H R E E H U N D R E D and forty-five bouts, many bores, in 13 days is a draining
experience sufficient t o leave anyone sour on t h e sweet science.
I ducked some and mingled with the Hollywood fight nutters, Jack Nicholson
and Dustin Hoffman. Him on the other side, Harry C a r p e n t e r , stuck to his seat
when the bouts became chewing-gum. Give the boy a Gold for endurance. Even
A I B A acolytes get time off. Some of t h em ought to get time.
The system whereby any 3-2 verdict was compared with a watching jury and
reversed if their verdict was e i t h e r 5-0 or 4-1, was ridiculous. I am reliably informed
t h e p r o c e d u r e is a one-off f o r t h e Games. No more mixed-up souls in Seoul in four
years time.

IF Southern Area welterweight champion Hamilton
"Rocky" Kelly hadn't had the resolve to become a
boxer as a 14-year-old he might never have started
at all.
"I was in a home in Fulham at the time. My mother
died when I was 12 and I turned really wild —
always fighting and getting into trouble. I had a chip
on my shoulder and the only person who could
control me was a woman called Bev who worked in
the home.

D I C K M c T A G G A R T .
who last season succeeded
f o r m e r B r i t i s h f e a t h -
erweight champion Bobby
Neill as Scotland's National
t e am coach, has m a d e a
bitter attack on Britain's
Olympic bosses for their
lack of faith in his ability,
writes John Morrison.