Boxing News magazine 31.7.1987 Download pdf

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THE Tommy Hearns-Juan Domingo Roldan pairing for t he
WBC middleweight title looks to be the best match
available in view of Marvin Hagler's lack of interest, and
presents an interesting clash of styles.
Despite this I still think it is wrong for Hearns to tie-up
the light-heavyweight title whilst he tries for the middleweight
crown. The W B C allowed Tommy to tie-up t he
light-middleweight title for almost two years. There has not
been a mandatory defence in t h e light-heavyweight division
since J. B. Williamson won the title, and the last two
challengers have been middleweights.

MATTHEW HILTON may not have a long reign as IBF
light-middle champ but it's going to be an exciting one. The
slugger from Montreal with the choir-boy looks was
thrilling as he overpowered veteran Buster Drayton for a
unanimous 15-round decision.
But the attendance at the Montreal Forum was disappointing
— said to have been less than 8,000 at the huge
ice hockey arena that seats more than twice that number.
Promoter Henri Spitzer had hoped for in excess of 15,000.
The crowd were raucous, though, and had plenty to cheer
about.

ANTONIO ESPARRAGOZA of Venezuela retained
his World Boxing Association featherweight title as
he outboxed a brave and aggressive Pascual Aranda
and then floored his home-town challenger for the
full count in the 10th of their scheduled 15-rounder.

MIGUEL 'HAPPY" LORA of Colombia retained his
World Boxing Council bantamweight title for the fourth
time and scored his 27th win in a row as he stopped Mexico's
Antonio Avelar, the former WBC flyweight champion, in
the fourth of their scheduled 12-rounder.

CHANGE is under way among the nine-minuters at last!
Amateur boxing's world body, A I BA is planning to convert
to 12 minutes, according to general secretary Karl-Heinz
Wehr's announcement, experimentally in the semi-finals
and the finals of the 1989 World Cup and fully at its 1990
congress.
The change is fully endorsed by the Eastern Bloc camp
and many others, and is designed to persuade the
International Olympic Committee and its ebullient president,
Juan Antonio Samaranch, that the sport is willing to
adapt, and AIBA's new stewards — voted in at AIBA's
congress last October in Bangkok — are prepared to
narrow the gap vis-a-vis the professionals.