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Potter goes potty
MARK POTTER, the British and Commonwealth
heavyweight title challenger from Walthamstow
who was a controversial winner on Eugene Maloney's
Elephant show late last month, feels he deserves to be
ranked higher than the No. 8 we have him at.
"How can an inactive Keith Long be above me when
everybody knows I was robbed against him?" he asks.
"Even you had me the winner."
Unfortunately for Potter, our ratings are based on
results, regardless of whether we agreed with the
referee. It is, after all, about opinions.
He continues: "What has Michael Holden [No. 7]
done since beating an unfit Julius Francis?" he asks.
"It's about time to sort things out.
"I've never ducked anyone and never will. Who has
Long fought other than me and Holden? Oh yes, he lost
to Derek McCafferty, whom I've beaten twice.
"I've also beaten Luke Simpkin, Michael Murray
[etc], I know better than anyone I blew it against Danny
Williams and Alex Vasiliev. But that was the old Potter.
"Given the opportunity, I'd fight either of them again
at the drop of a hat.
"Since changing trainers I'm a different fighter. Tony
Sims and conditioner Terry Steward are doing an
excellent job. My defence and stamina problems are
behind me.
"So come on Long, Holden, Ellis. Let's see who's the
'Guv'nor'. I'm more than willing, ready and able."

Booth bid in France
JASON BOOTH will have to go back to France to win
European flyweight title. The Nottingham man meets
Frenchman Mimoun Chent in Le Havre on June 1.
MGC Promotions promote.
It was in Madrid last summer that Booth failed to
dethrone then-EBU king Alex Mahmutov, who has since
vacated for Jason and Chent to meet.
Chent has also lost to Mahmutov for the title, though
was beaten much more easily than Booth.
This will be Booth's third bid for the title. In 1999 he
was outpointed by David Guerault in France.

ROY JONES has a place in history already. I don't
doubt this. He is so far ahead of the pack that it is
hard to think of anyone who can actually test him.
Which is why it is fun to consider how he would have
got on against the great light-heavies of the past.
Gavin Evans did an excellent job (BN April 12) assessing
the candidates, but sold Loughran, Foster and Conn
short.
These men would, at the very least, have represented a
key fight for Jones, who generally fails to deliver knockouts
in the big fights. So why would he knock them out?
As hard as Roy punches, I can't see him flattening
them. Jones failed to dispatch Hopkins, Toney and
McCallum in his biggest tests, didn't he?
Evans' claims appears all the more ambitious when you
consider it was only when up against bigger men in the
division above that Loughran, Foster and Conn were ever
stopped.

NO R T H S I D E ABC'S bold and ambitious
s t e p in staging the first a m a t e u r boxing
show at t h e city's cavernous Velodrome
proved a big success.
The club, based close to the prestigious venue in the
Clayton district of Manchester, was rewarded with a
turn-out of about 800 and a well-presented 17-bout
show.
The only previous boxing at the National Cycling
Centre - which will host the two-wheeled action in this
summer's Commonwealth Games - had been last July
when Hyde's Ricky Hatton retained his WBU light-welter
title against Jason Rowland.
Hatton was back - this time to present the trophies
as Northside's guest for the night.
A couple of recently-crowned national Schools
champions were in action and met with mixed fortunes.