Boxing News magazine 28.12.1984 Download pdf

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BY N OW ALL of you know the result of the fight that
took place many months ago between Bobby Chacon and
Ray Mancini for t h e W B A lightweight championship. Like
yourselves, I was equally interested in the outcome of
what some sportwriters were touting beforehand as the
" b r a w l " of 1984.
But the final result of a professional fight is one thing;
human endeavour that is t r a n s l a t e d into statistics which
are ultimately relegated to the won-lost column of the
record books. The story behind the fight is something
entirely d i f f e r e n t.
Certainly the result of this fight was important, but the
story somehow manages to get lost along the way. And,
above all, it

ERROL CHRISTIE and Jimmy Price learned some
of the harder facts of boxing life in 1984.
Both began the year unbeaten, had things largely
their own way against varying degrees of opponents,
then walked into their own nightmares when both
suffered shocking first round defeats.
Christie, undefeated for more than seven years,
was caught cold by the much heavier and solidthumping
Belgian southpaw Jose Seys at Shoreditch
on September 19. He went down twice before being
rescued in only 46 seconds by referee Larry O'Connell.
That snapped his run of pro wins at 13 and he
admitted later for the following month he "lived like
a dog", unable to sleep, forgetting to
shave, single-mindedly coping with
the new sensation of dented pride.
Some fighters wouldn't come back
from such a terrible fall, but to
Christie's credit he walked straight
out and blasted his "comeback" opponent,
Bobby Rico Hoye in 71 seconds
in Halifax.

IN JUNE, 1938 British fans were shocked when Scottish idol Benny
Lynch weighed in at 8st 6lMbs for his world flyweight title defence
against American Jackie Jurich, thus forfeiting his crown on the scales.
The following September Peter Kane outpointed Jurich to annex the
vacant title, but the American wasn't satisfied, and decided to stay in
Britain for a little while to try and press his claim for a rematch.
But even flyweights have to eat, and in order to eat they have to
earn. So Jackie was matched with Paddy Ryan of Manchester over 12
rounds at 8st lib.
The American dare not lose, and for Paddy it was his big chance to
prove he too was a legitimate world title contender.
Paddy was on the crest of a wave that had gathered him an unbeaten
period of 14 bouts, including a one-round knockout win over Joe
Curran. But fighting Jurich was the most important bout of his career
so far.

BRIGHTON-based Silver
Ring ABC put on their first
Dinner show of the season
in front of a big crowd at
the Top Rank Suite.
Top of the bill was the host
club's Tony Bush, Southern
Counties light-welter champion,
against Laurie Collins of
Fairbairn House the London
ABA finalist.