Boxing News magazine 26.4.1985 Download pdf

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BILLY HARDY of Sunderland completed the double
over Holloway's Ivor "The Engine" Jones when he
outpointed him over 10 exciting rounds in the main event
at the York Hall.
But while his previous win, over eight rounds at the
Albert Hall in February, was controversial, there was no
doubt this time.

BRITISH flyweight champion Hugh Russell has retired, at
25. Russell, known affectionately as "Little Red," has
turned his back on lucrative fights against Duke McKenzie
(in defence of the British title) and European champion
Franco Cherchi.

BOXING continues to look healthy in France despite the
fact that they have no EBU champions and only one of
their fighters — Antoine Montero — is rated in the world
top 10.
Montero warmed-up for his shot at Santos Laciar with a
10-round points win over the former Mcxican lightflyweight
champion Enrique Aguilar in Paris on March 9.
The 28-year-old southpaw has lost only once — to
Gabriel Bernal — in his 25 fights, but faces a tough task
against Laciar.

EVERY AMATEUR'S dream is to win an ABA title. But
the trail is a long one, with several qualifying rounds. An
injury, or narrow points defeat, and that's it for another
year. And that's the way it looked for Cpl. Peter Longo of
the RAOC in 1950.
Having beaten Pte, Laws and L/Cpl. Dagleish, he was
outpointed in a close bout by L/Cpl. Clark in the final of
the Army middleweight Championships. But what happened
after that was more like fiction than fact.
When I chatted with Peter recently he recalled subsequent
events. "Clark failed to report for the Imperial
Services Championships," he told me. "This of course was
the quarter-final of the ABA Championships.