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Boxing News 1971 Memorabilia

 

Back again Mac much too classy for Blake

 

BRITONS WHO HIT JACK-POT IN THE GARDEN

 

England tipped to whip weakened Scots

 

ABA making mockery of team selection

 

Field and Cheshire must come through

 

Kid Berg socked 'em, Buchanan shocked 'em,

Cullen rocked 'em. Everything in The Garden

is lovely-when you win

 

CRAFTSMAN ex - middleweight
champion Les McAteer, Birkenhead
(11-10) showed there is no
substitute for class by soundly outpointing
gritty Southern Area holder
Eric Blake, Leatherhead (11-2) over
eight rounds at York Hall.
McAteer was hardly blowing at the
finish and now travels to Johannesburg
to meet Pierre Fourie, South African
champion, on January 30.

 

F0RMER ABA light - heavy
champion Ray Brittle
renews an old amateur rivalry with
Battersea's Keith Drewett in the
main event over eight rounds at
Shoreditch Town Hall on Tuesday.
Brittle, a carpet fitter from
Twickenham, outscored Drewett in
the 1968 London ABA semi-finals
and went on to win the national
amateur title.
Ray turned pro soon afterwards
and has held the Southern Area
title. Drewett stayed amateur to
box for London and England
before making a belated pro start,
at 26, with manager Sam Burns.
Now the rivals meet again and
Drewett is capable of biffing Brittle
this time.