Boxing News magazine 24.2.1978 Download pdf

Boxing News magazine 24.2.1978 Download pdf
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THE unheralded kid from the St Louis ghetto shocked the boxing world as
Leon Spinks battled his way to a 15 rounds split decision victory over
Muhammad Ali to become the new heavyweight champion of the world.

HARD-HITTING WBC featherweight champion Danny
Lopez (9-0) set the seal on his supremacy over the 9st
division when he blasted out former title-holder David
Kotei(8-13) of Ghana in the sixth of their championship
fight on the Ali-Spinks undercard.

DAVE GREEN did the expected in pounding late substitute Roy Johnson of
Bermuda to fourth-round knockout defeat in the main event on Mike Barrett's
Albert Hall show, but his performance did little for his credibility as a world title
contender.

LOCAL champion MATTHEW FRANKLIN climbed off the
canvas to defend his North American Boxing Federation
light-heavyweight title with a sixth-round technical
knockout over veteran contender RICHIE KATES in a
brutally thrilling struggle at the Spectrum.

FOR half an hour after his 15-rounder with defending
champion ALDO TRAVERSARO of Italy at the Ahoy
Sports Palace, Dutch light-heavyweight RUDI
KOOPMANS thought he was the new European
champion.