Boxing News magazine Download PDF 3.11.1972

Boxing news1972 

BOBBY ARTHUR is the new British welterweight
champion. But he wears a paper crown after his
disqualification win over cockney pride John H.
Stracey in their meeting to decide a successor to
Ralph Charles.

I WASN'T quite so surprised as some boxing
folk by the defeat of Gypsy Johnny Frankham by
Roy John, of Cardiff, in the final eliminator for
the British light-heavyweight title held by Chris
Finnegan.

CHARKEY RAMON won Australia's third Commonwealth title when he
stopped Liverpool's Pat Dwyer in eight rounds to win the newly-instituted
junior-middleweight crown at the Festival Hall.

BUNNY JOHNSON, Britain's number two heavyweight contender, gets the
chance to boost his international prestige when he meets seasoned Roberto
Davila, of Peru, in the 10-round main event at Wolverhampton Civic Hall
on November 21.

THE World Boxing Council meeting in Mexico was a success. There is no
doubt that this body is more progressive than the rival W.B.A. and might
well, in time, reduce its opposite number to the powes. of a token group
that will cry into the wind and not be heard.

JIMMY BATTEN gave proof that he is ready to cause destruction in the
senior ranks when he stopped neighbouring welter rival Mickey Quinn (St
George's) in the last round cn the West Ham show at the Town Hall

BIRKENHEAD A.B.C. light-middleweight Robbie Davies
gave his followers plenty to shout about on his club's firstever
dinner-oabaret-boxing show at the Kingsland, Birkenhead,
with a dynamite points win over London representative
Johnny Evans (Epsom & Ewell).

NEWPORT teenager Richard Avery will be a threat to the leading Welsh
welters this season judging from his showing at the Empire club show at
Staple Hill British Legion.

PROMOTING club featherweight Tommy Dunn
boxed his way to his most important victory by
outscoring former ABA champion Tommy Wright
(Plant Works, Doncaster) on the Reading dinnershow
at the Top Rank Suite.

ABA featherweight champion KIRKLAND LAING (Clifton)
lost his second lightweight contest within 12 days in Leicester
when he was beaten by the Combined Services champion,
TONY MEAKIN (RAF) on a majority points decision.

HOWARD HAYES, Doncaster's willing featherweight,
gets the chance to avenge his sole pro
defeat when he meets former British champion
Evan Armstrong (Ayr) at Nottingham Ice Stadium
on November 28.