Boxing News magazine Download 5.9.1980.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download 5.9.1980.pdf

Boxing News Magazine 1980  Memorabilia
Boxing News Magazine 1980  History
Boxing Results 1980

Hawk swoops to conquer

Kayo king with the fragile fists

Lujan loses title!

MANCINI IN TUNE AGAIN

RYMINGTON IS NEW BOSS OF MET POLICE BOXING

cou.d be rraking his swansong appearance when he defends against tough Italian Matteo Salvemini in San Remo on Thursday. Salvemini, an awkward, hard-hitting southpaw, is the red-hot Italian hope of the moment and a difficult match are anyone. For an ageing veteran like Kevin it's not an enviable prospect.

A BIG fight night is more than the highly publicized main event. The one in Detroit where Tommy "Hit Man" Hearn destroyed Pipino Cuevas with a sensational two-round knockout was no exception. The coronation was thoroughly covered in a back issue. In the aftermath, some other impressions remain.

"WHAT'S in a name?" asked the Immortal Bard, and in the case of Harry Owens it wasn't inspiring enough for a fighting career. From his earliest childhood recollections there had been a portrait of Jake Kilrain hanging in the family parlour and when the little lad asked his father about it, he was told stories of the great bare-knuckle warrior who had gone from Ireland to America and fought the unbeaten John L. Sullivan for 2 hours, 16 minutes and 23 seconds and gone 75 rounds before being beaten.

SUPERINTENDENT Francis Hickman-Smith has emig- rated to Australia and will be succeeded as secretary of the Metropolitan Police Boxing Association by Superin- tendent Ken Rymington, who is based at Leman Street, Stepney.
Mr. Rymington, a keen student of boxing most of his life, amateur and professional, was deeply involved with Sir Philip Game ABC when he was stationed in the Croydon are

outpointed by Peter Tidgwell (Bradford) in the main event of promoter John Morrison's show at Maryhill Community Centre.
Tidgwell was the aggressor for most of a scrappy contest and was good value for referee Len Mullen's  verdict.
Jones lacked the power to keep Tidgwell off and tired badly in the last half of the fight. He tried to hit back with body shots but some strayed below the belt.