Boxing News magazine Download PDF 14.12.1973

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Danny clobbers game Mcintosh in battle of the sluggersUNLUCKY STRACEY STOPPED ON CUTMinter faces plastic surgeryGardner batters BurrellDon King has hit US boxing like a cometDuran defends against DeJesusHungary win 8-3 but Cowdell and Waldron robbedConteh looks too sharp for game Stevens

THERE were glum faces in Copenhagen last week as Tom
Bogs, long-time Danish sports idol, laboured to outpoint
the veteran former light-heavyweight contender Eddie
"Bossman" Jones, from California.

ALAN RICHARDSON, Fitzwilliam (8-13|), retained his
Central Area featherweight title when challenger Barry
Harris, Manchester (8-13), was ruled out with a cut eye in
the third of their 10-rounder at the National Sporting
Club.

FIGHT fans are to have fewer chances of seeing
European heavyweight champion Joe Bugner when the
New Year sees him return to the ring. He may only take
two or three fight bookings in 1974.

SUDDENLY like a streak of lightning out of the blue Don King has come into
the Cleveland boxing scene. Most white people don't even know who he is or
where he comes from.

BRITAIN'S lightweight champion, Ken Buchanan,
continued his amazing run of successes on foreign
soil by crushing Miguel Araujo, an Italian-based
Brazilian, in lmin. 30sec. of the first round at a
packed K.B. Halle.

CHRISTCHURCH and the Commonwealth Games
can't come quickly enough for Scotland's seven
strong boxing team. They were entirely responsible
for the home side defeating Ireland by 6 bouts to 5
and regaining the Kuttner Shield at Meadowbank
last week

DESPITE getting a flying start with four walk-overs,
Merseyside were pushed to beat Midland Counties 7-4 in
their annual Mackeson Trophy clash at Liverpool
Stadium.

TRIPLE light-heavyweight champion John Conteh, battles against heavyweight
opposition tonight (Friday) when he takes on Reading heavyweight hope Les
Stevens over 10 rounds at Liverpool Stadium.