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JOHNNY CLARK, the British and European bantamweight champion, puts his
latter title on the line against official challenger Salvatore Fabrizio, of Italy, at
the Albert Hall on Tuesday.

 

IT LOOKS a distinct possibility that Johnny Clark will
give up his British bantamweight title after Tuesday
night's European defence against the Italian, Salvatore
Fabrizio, at the Royal Albert Hall.

 

WHEN champions clash there is often more at stake than
money. They fight for pride. When they genuinely dislike
each other they also fight to hurt. They might even be
persuaded to fight for nothing, except that interfering

 

BATTLING LAAVASSA, of Samoa, who has won all 33 of
his fights, meets Australian Charkey Ramon for the
Commonwealth light-middleweight title in Auckland
some time in late February or early March.

 

ENGLAND pair Mick Abrams (far left) and Bill Knight (third from left) team
up with Beryl Cameron - Gibbons and British welterweight champion John
Stracey during a fund raising evening at the Thomas 'A Beckett on Monday.
0ver £400 was raised for the boxers.

 

"DISCIPLINE" covers a multitude of sins in boxing, especially in the ama
teurs, ranging from "sportsman-like life style," to careful weight-watching,
from heeding the coaches' advice to keeping to prescribed training schedules
and from caution in sparring to taking in the corner's hurried instructions
between rounds. The list is virtually endless, but what the word reflects in
reality is the way in which a boxer responds to his trainer's ideas.
managers hold sway.