Boxing News magazine Download 26.3.1982.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download  26.3.1982.pdf

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Five pages of amateur news

Ahmed battle is a show-stopper

Bristol an easy winner

LONDON SEMI-FINALS, Bethnal Green - March 18

CHAMPION STYLE - Maurice Hope produces the
s o r t of a c t i o n t h a t m a d e h i m w o r l d l i g h t -
middleweight champion against Rocky Mattioli. Now
he is no longer a champ, but he can make a useful
start to his comeback by beating European title
holder Luigi Minchillo.

WITHOUT DOUBT the richest pair of boxing brothers in the history of the British fight
game are George and Billy Walker. Billy's career will still be fresh in the minds of many fight
fans but the youngsters of today won't know too much about the ring exploits of George,
who had a short, but successful, career.
The Walker brothers were the sons of an East End brewery drayman. George was born on
April 14, 1929, started boxing in the Royal Air Force, represented England v Austria, and
was a Billingsgate fish porter when he won the ABA light-heavyweight tide in 1951.
He won all his preliminary bouts inside the distance, and in the final stopped Ron Crookes
in the opening round. In all he had around 50 bouts, losing eight.

FITZROY LODGE light-welter Tony Adams continued
his menacing march on Wembley by completing a hat trick
of first round wins in the London semi-finals before a capacity
crowd at York Hall.
This time Adams, 19, selected just a single but deadly
shot to dispatch Les Freeman of Roehampton in only 35
seconds. A text-book southpaw right uppercut left Freeman
on the canvas for long after the count and he had to be
tended by a doctor before leaving the ring.
Freeman, 22, had answered the bell looking understandably
apprehensive and was attempting to dance out of
Adams's range of fire when the blow wrenched his head back.

LONDON ABA and the ABA, as well as South East London
Division, are taking more interest than usual in the
finals of the Irish Championships which take place at Dublin
Stadium, South Circular Road, tonight (Friday, March 26),
because of a curious situation that has arisen.