Boxing News magazine Download PDF 31.8.1973

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GEORGE FOREMAN looks a safe bet to keep both his unbeaten recordand the heavyweight championship of the' world' when he takes onPuerto Rican Jose " King " Roman in Tokyo tomorrow (Saturday).PROMOTER Bev Walker announcedthis week he hasmatched Reading light-heavyJohnny Frankham with BobTuckett

WATCH out John H. Stracey and Clyde Gray — that's the message from
Miami. And the man who wants it delivered is Elisha O'Bed, welterweight
champion of the Bahamas.

VERNON SOLLAS openly admits he was the school bully back home in
Edinburgh. It is typical of one of Britain's finest prospects that he was at the
forefront whenever there was fighting to be done — he just can't stand playing
second fiddle.

SOME say he was the greatest of them all, a brawling dynamite-punching,
unstoppable locomotive of a man. Others regard him as just a clumsy strongman,
with the luck to be fighting in an era of little fistic talent. The time has
come for a clear and accurate estimate of the real abilities of iron man, Rocky
Marciano.

TONY MUNDINE, who retained his Commonwealth middleweight championship
in style by belting out Fred Etuati in less than two minutes, had looked far
from impressive in his previous fight, just 17 days earlier.

A YOUNG heavyweight who got a lot of people talking, but sadly just
couldn't be what they wanted him to be; was Billy Gray of Walsall. Billy
turned pro in autumn 1964, at the age of 20; with the canny Wally Lesley
as his manager.

ARGENTINE heavy Raul Gorosito made a mess of
Oliver Wright's hopes with a one-punch knockout
win at Miami Beach. The result was a definite upset.

TRIPLE light-heavyweight champion John Conteh
now meets former WBA title-holder Vicente Rondon,
of Venezuela, over 10 rounds at 12-12 in the
main event at Wembley Pool on September 10.