Boxing News magazine 25.5.2001 Download pdf

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ALEX STEWART'S presence went almost
unnoticed in Mike Middleton's corner at
Wembley last weekend.
The London-born puncher, who made his name in
the States as a pro, fought everyone: Mike Tyson,
Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Michael Moorer,
Jesse Ferguson, Lance Whitaker...
And though Tyson destroyed him in one round
over 10 years ago, it was Holyfield, whom he fought
twice, who surprised him most.
"He shocked me," admitted Alex of their first
fight in which he was stopped in the eighth. "I really
didn't think he could take my punishment. He was
smaller than me but, boy, was I wrong.
"The first time we fought I really put something
on him, but he was tough as nails. He'd bend, but
wouldn't break." Holyfield outpointed him in the
return.

TAKAL00, the Margate-based light-middle, is off to the French alps for one week's
altitude training as he gears up for a July 7 domestic showdown with Anthony
Farnell for the vacant WBU 11st title.
A terrific Manchester show at the Veladrome will also feature at least three other title
fights: WBU light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton takes on former title-holder
Jason Rowland; at middleweight Harry Simon will move up to challenge WBO king
Armand Krajnc; super-featherweight Michael Gomez gets a rematch with Laszlo
Bognar of Hungary, plus Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez, the WBC cruiserweight title-holder,
may appear in a non-title fight.
There is some doubt about whether Krajnc-Simon will take place, Universum having
won the purse bids before the Swede decided to switch camps to Bettina Palle in
Denmark.

JAMES HARE and JOHN "BOY" HUMPHREY
are welterweights itching to make a name for
themselves. Tomorrow, in the Roberts-Gare chief
support, they get the chance to.
They meet in an eliminator for the British title over
10 rounds and it could be fight of the night.
Hare is a smooth, busy boxer trained by Chris
Aston and managed by Tommy Gilmour but who
boxed out of Brendan Ingle's Wincobank gym until
last year and has taken on board his switch-hitting
moves, if not the flashy ones.

FORMER Irish amateur champion Joe Egan,
now a Birmingham publican, has packed
enough into his 34 years to warrant an hourlong
programme should Michael Aspel ever pounce on his with his big red book.
Joe was born in Dublin on 15 November 1966, and it was when his father moved
the family to London in search of work that he began his love affair with boxing.
It was as a nine-year-old that he joined Earlsfield ABC, where under the guidance
of Keith Drewitt "I learned how to look after myself."
When Joe was 12, the family having returned to Dublin, Joe joined Donore ABC.
Before long, he had won the first of his seven Irish Championships.