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Boxing News 1975 Memorabilia

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AMERICAN fight promoter-personality Don King is

moving to make a fight between Britain's John

Conteh and Argentina's Victor Galindez for the

undisputed light-heavyweight championship.

 

HIGHLY rated welters TREVOR FRANCIS of Basingstoke

and Luton's HENRY RHINEY battled to a draw for the

second time in a month on this Jack Solomons promotion at

the Lakeside Country Club.

 

IF YOU look at his recent record, there is no clue as to why Alan Salter has suddenly

become the darling of the London small-hall circuit. Tommy Dunn, his most notable victim,

was a lightweight giving weight to a hard-hitting light-welter, Herbie McLean was ranked

half a dozen places below Alan in the light-welterweight ratings, and Dave Massey (who

dumped Alan twice in the first round) is, at best, a willing six-rounder.

 

Stracey is assured of his title shot

 

IRELAND EDGE OUT GREAT BRITAIN 6-5

 

FORMER ENGLAND international TERRY WENTON continued

his impressive come-back form after a couple of years out of the

ring with a good points win over the useful Liverpool bantam IAN

DICKSON (Halewood) on the St Basil's ABC s h ow at Widnes.

 

MUHAMMAD ALI drives in a right to the jaw and spray flies from Ron
Lyle's head in Las Vegas last Friday. Ali won in 11 rounds — and now
meets Joe Bugner on June 30 to be followed, he says, with title defences
against Joe Frazier and then George Foreman. Full story of Ali v Lyle and
more pictures on pages 2-3.

 

IF YOU look at his recent record, there is no clue as to why Alan Salter has suddenly
become the darling of the London small-hall circuit. Tommy Dunn, his most notable victim,
was a lightweight giving weight to a hard-hitting light-welter, Herbie McLean was ranked
half a dozen places below Alan in the light-welterweight ratings, and Dave Massey (who
dumped Alan twice in the first round) is, at best, a willing six-rounder.