Boxing News magazine Download PDF 25.5.1973

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BRITISH boxing can be proud of winner John Conteh
and loser Chris Finnegan, who provided one of
the greatest light-heavyweight battles in years before
a packed crowd at the Empire Pool.

TWO tough Jamaican welterweights supplied the sparring help as Ken Buchanan,
Britain's world-ranked lightweight champion, sharpened his punches in
London last week.

JERRY QUARRY has been matched with Jose Luis
Garcia, of Venezuela, over 12 rounds at Madison
Square Garden on June 18 in a fight billed as a world
heavyweight eliminator.

TOM BOGS did the obvious after beating Mike Quarry. He informed the EBU he
was vacating the middleweight title. Mogens Palle, his manager, and Bogs
might well be disciplined or reprimanded.

SHOCK NEWS for the Army
and the Western Counties is
the decision of talented Frank
Collinson to quit the Services
and study for a degree
Manchester University.

ALTHOUGH neither Charlie Magri (Arbour Youth) nor
Trevor Andrews (Battersea) received the Harry Mallin
Trophy for the best technical boxer in Class B  this
deservedly went to Bell Green southpaw Jimmy
McDermott  there can be few who would deny that
their performances in the ABA Junior Championships

THE modest performance of the Soviet boxing
squad at the Munich Olympics has, predictably,
brought about numerous changes in the
squad's line-up for the Belgrade Europeans.

TONY MUNDINE'S emphatic triumph last week over the redoubtable
Max Cohen has established the British Commonwealth champion as possibly
the biggest threat to Carlos Monzon'S world title.

ROGER BARLOW, Merthyr-based Coventry heavyweight,
has won his last six outings and looks
stronger and more mature these days after a rather
uncertain beginning t o his pro career.