Boxing News magazine 2.1.1981 Download pdf

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MATTHEW SAAD MUHAMMAD, WBC light-heavy champ,
places fourth. The former Matt Franklin made four successful
defences of his title in 1980, including wearing down and stopping
Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez in the 14th round of a titanic struggle.
His courage and determination were put to the extreme test in
this one. Lopez threw everything at him in an unforgettable eighth
round but Muhammad covered up, grinned and then slugged back.
Muhammad's three other title tights during the year were nowhere
near as arduous.

OUR No. 5 man is Mike Weaver, the WBA heavyweight champion
with the muscles of a world champion body-builder.
Boxing News regards Larry Holmes as the world's top
heavyweight (the WBC champ did, after all, stop Weaver in 1979)
and a Las Vegas bookie has made Gerry Cooney a 2-1 favourite over
Weaver should they meet.

DESPITE the two big-money fights with
Roberto Duran, we can only place Sugar
Ray Leonard in ninth position.
This is due, in part, to the unsatisfactory way
the rematch with Duran ended. True, it wasn't
Leonard's fault that Duran suddenly quit. And
Sugar Ray was leading and looking good. It's just
that there were still questions to be answered.

THE missing teeth and razor-scarred nose speak eloquently of his street fighting past. He's an
ex-con turned prizefighter, a rampaging, uncompromising slugger. They call him "The
Animal", and anyone who has seen him fight knows why. He's Frank Fletcher, Philadelphia's
latest middleweight terror.

TERRY LAWLESS, British boxing's most successful manager, may well have another star in the making,
judging by the 1980 form of 23-year-old Eddie Copeland.
A seven-bout unbeaten record (six inside the distance) makes Manchester-born Copeland our prospect of
the year. Lightweight Copeland certainly has the right amateur pedigree, gaining England international
honours and capturing an ABA crown.
Under Lawless' expert guidance he's developed into a highly efficient pressure fighter, learning to roll
under punches and come back with his own hooks.