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REMEMBERING BRITAIN'S FIRST LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP

Crowd-pleaser Paul really packed them in

 

Galloway deserves credit but Barrett disappointed

 

Reid settles for a bronze

 

Irish EBA salute Carruth

 

IN 1973 the BBBC finally introduced the lightmiddleweight
division, something a lot of people had
been advocating for years. The first British champion at
the new weight was a 21-year-old from Wolverhampton
named Larry Paul.
He won the title on a magical September night in
front of his wildly-excited fans in a packed Wolverhampton
Civic Hall, knocking out Bobby Arthur
(who had reigned briefly as British welter champion) in
10 exciting rounds.

 

IT REALLY was jobs for the boys with the WBO insisting
on separate officials for the two fights in Manchester.
All they did was add to the expenses of the show and
provide a first class outing for their officials. It makes a
mockery of their pretence to be there to help boxing,
particularly as Johnny Bos told me that he actually
wanted British officials for Tyrone Booze.

 

THE BRAVE bid of Belfast bantamweight Wayne
McCullough to become Ireland's first Olympic gold
medallist ended in defeat, but not disgrace, when he
was outpointed 14-8 by Joel Casamayor of Cuba.
Not even a gutsy last round effort by McCullough
(who was boxing two bouts before team-mate Michael
Carruth) could pull back the lead conceded over the
first two sessions to the languid skills and deceptive
power of his 21 year-old southpaw opponent.

 

JEFF MAYWEATHER may be dubbed
"Jazzy Jeff," but bloodied Todd
Foster (9st lllbs) Great Falls,
Montana, played enough "sweet
notes" to deck him in the seventh
and finally stop him at 1:59 of the
eighth before a raucous, sell-out
crowd of over 3,000 at outdoor
Denton Field.