Boxing News magazine 20.12.1985 Download pdf

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AT THE end of his eight-threes topliner with Glenn
McCrory, Tipton cruiserweight Roy Skeldon stood in the
middle of the ring with both gloves raised above his head as
the crowd in the Leisure Centre gave him a tremendous
ovation.

BY HOSTING the 1985 WBC Convention, Thailand
drew attention to the growth of International Style
boxing in the country and to the spectacular success
enjoyed recently by fighters such as Payao Poontarat
and Sot Chitalada.

A MOMENTARY lapse of concentration
cost Dennis Andries, at least for the immediate
future, the European light-heavyweight
title and the chance of a crack at one or
other version of the world championship.
It happened in the ninth round of this
absorbing challenge against Dutch holder
Alex Blanchard at the London West Hotel,
and it allowed the gangling Dutchman to
slam a right hand through Andries' guard
and score the knockdown which earned him
a title-saving draw.

IF E V E R there was a breeding ground for boxers it was
Bermondsey in South London. Whether it was the smell
f r om the tanneries, blended with the malting of vinegar, or
the near vicinity of the smelly old Thames, the
atmosphere for nurturing fighting men was just right.
Many champions, near champions and countless aspirants
for ring honours were reared within its boundaries, and
it was generally accepted that if a boxer came from
Bermondsey. you could bank on him being a good 'un.
Its fame in this direction was advanced considerably
when in 1910, Dick Burge, former lightweight champion of
England, bought a disused chapel in the Blackfriars Road
and re-opened it as a boxing arena with, in the peak
seasons, three shows a week. Aptly named The Ring, it was
a circular building, ideal for watching boxing, and it
remained a Palace of Punch until one of Hitler's raiding
airmen — obviously no admirer of the Noble Art —
dropped a bomb that demolished it in 1940.