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Takaloo's warning
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TAKALOO feels his points defeat by Daniel
Santos for the WBO light-middleweight title
in Cardiff last month will make him a better
fighter.
He attributes his defeat to the cut sustained in
the first from a butt. He says he panicked when
he felt the blood running from his right eye.
Depending on whether his injuries heal in time
- Takaloo also suffered a cut over the left eye in
the last - he could be fighting again in November,
possibly for his old WBU belt if Santos vacates.
"You're going to see a completely different
fighter," warned the Margate man. "I felt so good
going into that fight, just as I did the night I beat
Anthony Farnell.
"But it all went wrong when I got cut. But I
never thought for one second Santos was too
good or that I didn't have the ability to beat him.
"He's a slick boxer and clever. He extended
one arm to block the sight from my left eye and
[because of the cut] I couldn't see much out of
the right.

Toomey relieves strain
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MICK TOOMEY, Hull's man about boxing, has
had to relinquish his trainer's licence for
health reasons.
Toomey, 67, will continue to manage and
promote - his next show at the Hull & District
Sporting Club is on November 29 - but said his
heart problems had returned recently.
In 1998 Mick had quadruple heart bypass
surgery and said he felt like a new man, but the
recent complications have meant he must take
life easier.

Barrett soul search
FRANCIS BARRETT is heading home to Galway for a short spell to contemplate his future.
The southpaw light-welterweight bought his contract from promoter Frank Warren,
who steered the 1996 Olympian to nine wins from 10 starts.
The parting was amicable. "He's a lovely fellow, was always fair with me and I respect
him a great deal," said Barrett.
"I wanted to be on television more and box in Ireland, where I believe I could sell a lot
of tickets.
"I'm going home to have a long think about what I do next. There's a big difference
between amateur and professional boxing, but I'm just starting to get into it now."

DARROLL WILSON survived Smokin' Bert Cooper's big shots to force a fourround
retirement win in a 10-rounder at the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia,
Cooper, a portly 17st 5 1/2lbs and 13lbs heavier than when winning his last bout
three months ago, nearly ended it in the first when his big left hooks staggered
Wilson a couple of times, but the latter held on.
Wilson, who did a lot of fighting off the ropes, produced a short right hand to drop
Cooper in the third, then peppered him throughout the fourth until he quit on his
stool.
Darroll (15st 11 lbs) needed the win after being crushed in two rounds by Tim
Witherspoon last time out (March).
Heavyweight Eddie Chambers remained unbeaten with a fifth-round mauling of
Antonio Colbert, but at 15st 13lbs was 35lbs heavier.
Light-middle Tyrone Winckler also scored a dramatic fourth-round knockout over
Matt Hill, but again was a division above at 11st to Hill's 10st 7 1/2lbs. Don Elbaum
was matchmaker.
Other results: middle: Larry Parks w pts 4 (s) Chris Hall; heavy: James Spears
w pts 4 (u) William Bolar; heavy: Tyrone Tate w rsf 2 Nevin Neff
Former IBF light-middleweight champion Buster Drayton, best remembered in
Britain for flattening Mark Kaylor and Jimmy Cable in the 1980s, was in the crow