Boxing News magazine Download PDF 12.1.1972

Boxing News 1972Memorabilia

DAVE NEEDHAM, Nottingham (8-5) qualified to
box for the British bantam title by outscoring
Welsh champion Colin Miles, Cardiff (8-4) over 12
exciting rounds in an official final eliminator.

AT the South Sydney Leagues Club, Redfern,
on November 16, South African
Negro junior-lightweight BLAKENEY
MATTHEWS (9-0f) knocked out Australian
MICK HEAFEY (9-3J) in three rounds
after dropping him in the second round.

DANNY McALINDEN, receovered from his ankle injury, is to have a fight a
month in plans to keep him busy until cash terms and public demand bring
the big day of reckoning with Joe Bugner,

AUGUSTIN SENIN, of Spain, has been informed he could dispute a vacant world
bantamweight title with Mexico's Rodolfo Martinez. It would appear that the obvious
defence by Enrique Pinder agains Martine z has met some reluctance on the part of
the Panamanian world champion to agree preliminary terms.

IRISH senior lightweight champion and Olympian Charlie Nash (St. Mary's,
Derry) completed an inside-four-days double over Dominic Monaco with a
majority decision against the American, when the New York squad wound
up their three-match Irish tour before a big crowd at the local Westbrook
club's tournament in the Plaza Ballroom in this County Donegal resort.

GLOUCESTER'S MARK MOYSE, cousin of the well-knoiwn
R.A.F. boxing brothers, scored an impressive win on Synwell
A.B.C.'s show for juniors and schoolboys at the Picture House.
Moyse jabbed well and used the ring intelligently for a
unanimous points verdict over tough PETE MALECKI, from the
host club, who never stopped coming forward for thre hardhitting
rounds.
Cinderford's classy RICHARD GARDINER outpointed PETE
HANLON of Gloucester and earned himself a trophy for the
best boxer of the evening.

KEN BUCHANAN, Britain's former world lightweight
champion, gets the chance to win back his
British title when he meets fellow-Scot Jim Watt
at the new Clansman Sporting Club, Glasgow, on
January 29.