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Boxing magazine 9.3.73

 

Boxing News 1973 Memorabilia

 

IT'S the moment of truth for John Conteh at

Wembley on Tuesday when he challenges Germany's

Rudiger Schmidtke

 

THERE is more at stake for Chris Finnegan than simply the defence of his

British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles when he faces Welshman

Roy John at Wembley on Tuesday

 

FRANK YOUNG, the London-based Belfast welter, outpointed

fellow-Irishman Des Rea in a rousing eight rounds

main event to give the inaugural Blackpool Sportsman's

Aid Club dinner show a great send off at Norbreck Castle

Hotel.

 

BUCHANAN WARMS UP AGAINST PUERTO RICAN

 

DURAN'S POWER: WBA lightweight champion Roberto Duran floors Mexican

Juan Medina in the seventh round of their non-title fight in Los Angeles on

February 22. The fight was stopped shortly after

 

SUPER-CHAMP Jose Napoles, of Mexico, retained

his world welterweight title with a stunning

seventh round knockout over Ernie " Indian

Red" Lopez before 15,000 fans at Inglwood

Forum.

 

REPTON SO STRONG

 

AMATEUR RESULTS ROUND-UP

 

STEELEY, WILSON KEEP HOME COUNTIES TITLE

 

BOXING NEWS AMATEUR RATINGS

 

IT'S the moment of truth for John Conteh at
Wembley on Tuesday when he challenges Germany's
Rudiger Schmidtke for the European lightheavyweight
title.

 

THERE is more at stake for Chris Finnegan than simply the defence of his
British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles when he faces Welshman
Roy John at Wembley on Tuesday.

 

BUNNY STERLING, Britain's world-class middleweight
champ, can hand out a boxing lesson to American Dave
Adkins in their 10-rounder on the big Wembley bill.

 

THE celebrated Spanish onion, Augustin Senin, has
had a typical about face. Despite declarations that
he had ended his boxing career, he will defend
the European bantamweight title in Spain with
the challenge of Franco Zurlo being answered.

 

AFTER some of the mammoth entries in the past
one might be tempted to think that this year's
North East London Divisional Championships
at York Hall next Thursday and Friday
could be something of an anti climax. Nothing
however could be farther from the truth.

 

KIRKLAND LAING, a controversial winner of last season's ABA featherweight
chamionship, is out of this year's title hunt.

 

KENT, led by Canterbury trio John Phelan, Roy Williams and John Rice,
scooped seven out of 11 titles at the Southern Counties championships at
the King Alfred Centre last weekend.

 

TOP-RATED international flyweight Eric Wood, of Tom Hill YC, beat late
substitute Chris McMahon who retired with a cut eye at the end of the
second round on the first dinner-boxing show at the Jester's Club.

 

READING schoolboy Leroy Timothy caused a surprise
when he outpointed North West divisional
light-heavyweight champion  Batman " Austin at
the New Enterprise show.

 

BACK on the Merseyside boxing scene is Richard Scarth, 19, of Kirkby, who
has been a stable lad with trainer Frank Carr at Malton for the past three
years. Richard, whose riding ambitions have been thwarted by increasing
weight is pictured here with some of the many trophies he won for boxing
while with trainer Carr, including the Sporting Life Challenge Trophy, awarded
for the outstanding performance in the Stable Lads National championships.
He is the eldest of four boxing brothers who are all members of Kirkby
A.B.C. — David (16). Paul (10) and Hoe (8)