Boxing News magazine Download PDF 13.7.1973

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AIRD BACK WITH A BANGMonzon too much for NapolesNew boys shine in England winPaul to make it seven in a row against HoughDunn in reach of title

BIG Bradford heavy Richard Dunn prods his southpaw right jab into the face
of 18-stone American, Larry Beilfuss, in Monday's fight at the World
Sporting Clubf Dunn scored a fourth round kayo and is within reach of the
British title. But first he must get past Bunny Johnson in a final eliminator,
winner to challenge Danny McAlinden.

JOE  KING  ROMAN fights George Foreman for
the world heavyweight title on September 1 in, of all
places, Tokyo, where they have yet to produce a
heavyweight of standing..

RICKY PORTER, the former Southern Area welterweight champion
from Swindon, has retired from'boxing, manager Mac Williams announced
this week.

THE lightweight scene in Britain today is rather a one-man show, with Scot
land's Ken Buchanan ruling the roost and likely to do so for some time  unles:
of course he decides to relinquish the domestic title.

ERNESTO  NATO  MARCEL lived tough. His fists were his insurance policy.
They were his protection. Today they've made him featherweight champion of
half the world  the part controlled by the World Boxing Association.

JOE TETTEH, the cagey London-based Ghanaian,
gets the chance to retrieve his Commonwealth
light-welterweight title when he meets current
champion, Australian golden boy Hector Thompson,
in a much awaited return in Brisbane on Monday.

CARLOS DURAN, of Italy, announces his retirement
from boxing after losing his European junior middleweight
title to French challenger Jacques Kechichian. The
referee stopped the fight in the ninth round.

EAST LONDON came out on top in their unofficial battle with the Eastern
Counties on the Ipswich ABC annual outdoor tournament at Christchurch
Park, but it was the promoting club's schoolboy Dean Hurd who
stole the show.

ASK ANY boxing fan for his opinion on the most memorable A.B.A. final of
recent years, and the majority will come up with the same answer  Tom Imrie
and Mark Rowe. This final probably stands out above all others because not
only was it an outstanding contest, but because it had a surprise ending which
gave Imrie the title that had seemed destined for Rowe.