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AMERICAN Senator John McCain
and Republican Peter King are
hoping to persuade Barack Obama
to posthumously pardon former
heavyweight champion Jack Johnson.
The first black president of the
USA has been called upon to pardon
the first black heavyweight champion
and quash his 1913 conviction under
the Mann Act for having a consensual
relationship with a white woman
across state lines.
His arrest and subsequent
conviction came during an era
when America was searching for
a "Great White Hope" to dethrone
the flamboyant and controversial
champion.
"We need to erase this act of
racism," Senator McCain said.
"This resolution to pardon Jack
Johnson would not right this injustice,
but it would recognise it, and shed
light on the achievements of an athlete
who was forced into the shadows of
bigotry and prejudice."

OUVER McCALL, former WBC
heavyweight champion, tops a
Crown boxing bill in Las Vegas on
May 22 - with his son, unbeaten
EUJAH McCALL, also a heavyweight,
on the same card.
The show takes place at The
Orleans hotel. Oliver Dbe/ow] fights
Australian champ JOHN HOPOATE
for the IBA championship. Elijah, 2-
0, meets MICHAEL SCHULTZ.

CHRIS BLINKHORN, a 17-year-old
flyweight with the Withins School
Police Club in Bolton, is one to watch.
Tomorrow (Saturday April 11)
he begins his bid for the Junior ABAs
(Class 6), having lost narrowly in the
Class 5 final last year. This season has
already see Chris box for England and
tackle several quality opponents on
club shows.
Blinkhorn's fine season was brought
to our attention by his coach John Hart
in late February, after we published
Four Nations ratings.
Explained Hart, "Chris was looking at
your rankings [February 13] and saying,
'I've beaten him...' and 'I've boxed him...'
He wondered what he had to do to get
in them."
The answer is that Blinkhorn WAS
in our provisional lists, at light-flyweight
- the division in which he won for
England against Ireland in Dublin on
December 12.

WORLD champion KATIE TAYLOR,
Olympic bronze medallist PADDY
BARNES and European Union
champ DAVID OUVER JOYCE have
been named in Irish squads for
tournaments in Albania and Turkey.
Beijing Olympians JOHN JOE
JOYCE and JOHN JOE NEVIN, also
a European Union champion, will
compete in the Ahmet Comert Cup
in Turkey. Joyce replaces Philip
Sutcliffe, who is injured.
Taylor, the AIBA 2008 female
boxer of the year, will also box in
Turkey. The Bray woman won gold
and the boxer of the tournament
award at last years Women's Ahmet
Cup in Istanbul.
Team for Ahmet Comert Cup in
Istanbul, Turkey from April 14-20:
48: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family). 54:
John Joe Nevin (Cavan). 57: Carl
Frampton (Midland). 60: Eric
Donovan (St IVIichael's, Athy). 60
women: Katie Taylor (Bray BC). 64:
John Joe Joyce (St Michael's, Athy).
69: Willie McLoughlin (lilies GG).
75: Darren O'Neill (Paulstown). 91:
Con Sheehan (Clonmel).
International Box Off in Tirana,
Albania from April 11-14: 51:
Declan Geraghty (Dublin
Docklands). 54: Ryan Lindberg
(Immaculata). 57: David Oliver
Joyce (St Michael's, Athy). 64: Ross
Hickey (Grangecon). 75: Eamon
O'Kane (Immaculata). 81: Thomas
McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett).