Boxing News magazine Download 1.6.1979.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download  1.6.1979.pdf

Boxing News Magazine 1979  Memorabilia
Boxing News Magazine 1979  History
Boxing Results 1979

Awome's back on tke road

CONTEH IN VITAL WARM-UP DATE

Suarez gets ko double

A FIFTH CHANCE FOR OLIVARES

 Junior ABA report

ENGLAND CALL UP STRAUGHN

Eight junior titles for London

CURRIE MAKES BRUNO WORK FOR WIN

BRITISH light-welterweight champ Colin Power (10-2) cruised to a comfortable five rounds win over Bournemouth trier Johnny Elliott in the scheduled eight-rounds main event at the 20th Century Sporting Club.

JOHN CONTEH gets a chance to wipe the egg off his face when he takes on moderate American Ivy Brown in a live-televised 10-rounder at the Anglo- American Sporting Club, Liverpool, on Monday.

BOSTON middleweight, Jock Malone, idol of the local fans, was sitting in his dressing-room waiting for the call to go into the ring for a 10-round contest with Frank Moody. A newspaper man poked his head round the door and said: "How do you fancy your chances tonight?" and Malone replied: "If I can't lick this Welsh bum tonight, I'll jump off the Charleston Bridge tomorrow morning."

ALTHOUGH the Scottish Association has been active for five years it was only recently that someone from that Association bothered to make contact with me, and I published George Dougan's letter in our issue dated April 20.1 invited George to write again with more details and I am delighted to report that he has now done so

Tony Currie put up a tremendous fight in a heavyweight thriller with Sir Philip Game's prospect Frank Bruno on the sellout Trinity tournament at the Radical Working Men's Club, Albany Road, Camberwell, before dropping a close points decision.

JOE AWOME, Golders Green, in his first showing since being stopped by Ron McLean, boxed impressively to stop Peterlee's REG LONG at the Great In- ternational Sporting Club.

LETHAL-PUNCHING Jimmy Flint confirmed his status as the most explos- ive featherweight in the country with yet another of his spectacular Albert Hall victories.

NEW YORK — May 21: WILFREDO GOMEZ, World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion from Puerto Rico, won his second appearance this year at Madison Square Garden by knocking out NELSON CRUZ TAMARIZ of the Dominican Republic in the second of their scheduled 10-round non-title fight.
The end came after 1 min 10 sees of the round. A left hook to the body followed by a right to the chin put Tamariz down on his back. The Dominican rolled over on his stomach and didn't stir as referee Tony Perez counted him out.