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Boxing News 1974 Memorabilia

WITH Muhammad Ali again on top of the world,
Britain's Joe Bugner bids to confirm he is a genuine
heavyweight contender. He needs to do a convincing
job on America's ringwise Jimmy Ellis at Wembley on
Tuesday to prove his point.

WALWORTH promoter Paddy Byrne is taking something of
a gamble by running his November 18 show without a local
attraction to top the bill. Paddy heads his Manor Place Baths
programme with a light-heavyweight return between Bob
Tuckett of Leeds and Peter Brisland of Southampton, and
backs it up with a heavyweight eight-rounder featuring
South London newcomer Tony Moore against busy
Welshman Tony Blackburn, who will be having his 14th
fight of the year.

THROUGHOUT the past three months the weekly communications from Angelo
Dundee had the recurring theme Ali could not lose. All managers and trainers
have confidence that their charge will win. Dundee junior put a sizeable amount
of money on the line to dismiss the idea that he was talking to keep interest alive
in the quiet days that followed the postponement. Dundee senior, Chris, dug deep
into his pocket and took the odds that favoured Foreman.

ENGLAND'S three gold medal winners in the Dutch
multi-nation tournament in Holland, Pat Cowdell, George
Gilbody and Des Gwilliam turn out for their first home
international of the season at the Royal Albert Hall, on
December 4.

ST TERESA'S light-welter IAN CHIDLOW turned in one of his finest performances for
a long time when notching up a majority points win over GARETH ROBERTS (Dyffryn)
on the Lee Jones BC show at Liverpool Stadium.

COMING in as a late substitute DES O'CONNOR (Ancoats) put up a brave, solid show, but
dropped a unanimous points vote to Warrington's ALF BARNES (Raven) on the St Helens
ABC tournament at West Sutton Labour Club.

WARLEY'S international pair Des Gwilliam and Pat
Cowdell completed a win double before a packed house on
their club's dinner show promotion at the Kingfisher
Country Club.