Boxing News magazine Download 2.2.1979.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download  2.2.1979.pdf

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

Andries flattens Collins in six

IT'S WILFREDO THE WONDER BOY!

Jackie Brown honoured

ABA FINALS SPONSORED

IRELAND'S TOMMY DAVITT upset dual S c o t t i sh
champion WILLIE BOOTH in a brief but hard-fought
main event at the St Andrew's Sporting Club

C O M M O N W E A L T H and A B A h e a v y w e i g ht
champion Joe Awome signs pro w i t h matchmaker
Mickey Duff. Joe had planned originally
to join George Francis, but George will now train him.

TO get a match with Duane Bobick in recent
months hasn't been too difficult. As long as
you didn't bang too hard, didn't have too
much ability, and a promoter was willing to
pay Duane around $5,000 for an evening's
exercise, you were in.

KEVIN FINNEGAN goes again into what
looks almost certain to be a losing fight
when he takes on slam-bang white South
African middleweight CHARLIE WEIR
over 10 rounds in Johannnesburg tomorrow
(Saturday),

KENT RETIRED BOXERS' REUNION ASSOCIATION.
Founded 1968. Membership 100. Headquarters Royal Naval
Club, Luton Road, Chatham. Meetings every second Sunday at
two-monthly intervals. President: Teddy Bryant. Chairman:
Ex-Stoker Tim Cole. Secretary: Fred Rubery, 30 Saxon Street.
Gillingham (Tel. No. Medway 571250). Treasurer: Bill Pratt.
Historian: Harold Alderman, Committee: Fred Atkins (social).
D. Penfold, B. Charnock. Billy Warner. Billy Edwards. Kid
Freeman.

GLASGOW TRANSPORT ABC staged a fine boxing promotion
in'front of a capacity crown at the Cambuslang Rangers club.
All of the host club's boxers won with flyweight John Murphy
and lightweights Mick McKewan and clubmate Colin Harrison
all outstanding.
Main bout of the evening was when Hoover's stylish boxing
southpaw light-welter Duncan Hamilton registered a repeat
unanimous points win over Lochaber's rugged Steve Mcl.eon.
They two had met previously when Hamilton won on points in a
show in Blantvre last December.

JOHN L. GARDNER has his s e c o nd
fight since winning the British and
Commonwealth titles when he meets
Joe-Frazier backed heavyweight from
Philadelphia Mike Koranicki over 10
rounds at the Albert Hall