Boxing News magazine 27.3.1998 Download pdf

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BRITISH welterweight rham|)-
ion GEOFF McCREESH. duo
back from liLs honeymoon this
week, was snspendtnl from the EBU
rankings for 12 months from the
date of his vacant title challenge last
November following a disciplinary
meeting in Berlin last weekend.
McCreesh tested positive for tfie
steroid Boldenon, n ^ by vets and
taken orrasionally by track and field
athletes. Geoff was represented in
Germany by manager Jim Evans
and trainer .lohniiy Bloomfieid.
••he positive drug test was confirmed,
however, and now the
Board will meet to decide if they
will take any further action.
"We shall certainly consider the
EBll's decision," said secretary
.lohn Morris.
McCreesh's mandatory defence
against Michael Smyth, which must
t ^ e place by the end of .lune, has
been put out for purse offers.

UNBEATEN Deptford heavyweight
WAYNE LLEWELLYN
(16st 12Ibs) came In at short notice
and, despite a few shaky moments,
gave the best performance of his
career to outjraint tough Jamaican
Journeyman EVERTON DAVIS over
eight rounds.

FORMER undefeated
British lightweight champion
MICHAEL AYERS was
pleased to be bark after a 16-
month layoff and produced a
short right counter from
nowhere to drop Hartlepool
southpaw ALAN TEMPLE in the
.second of an eight-rounder,
writes CLAUDE ABRAMS.
Temple, who gave Billy
Schwer - now European champion
- a torrid eight-rounder
in October 1996, got to his feet
after struggling on the canvas
and protested when referee
Roy Francis called it off after
2-33 of the round, but there
could be no roniplaint.s.
"It's good to be back," said
Ayers. "I could have done with
longer, but I felt rusty. I always
thought 1 was going to catch up
with him eventually."