Boxing News magazine Download 7.9.1979.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download  7.9.1979.pdf

Boxing News Magazine 1979  Memorabilia
Boxing News Magazine 1979  History
Boxing Results 1979

Soria's run is finished at 40

Ay a la sells a winner

RANDOLPH TURPIN: NO-NONSENSE ACTION MAN

BRITISH light-middleweight champion Jimmy Batten looks to have a hard
fight on his hands when he bids to win a Lonsdale belt outright by successfully
defending against official challenger Pat Thomas at Wembley Conference
Centre on Tuesday.
Thomas, former British welterweight champion, won his right to meet
Batten by licking Robbie Davies in the final eliminator at Liverpool last April
and he looked masterful in doing so.

FIGHT fans at Wembley Conference Centre had better fasten their safetybelts
when Colin Power and Clinton McKenzie climb into the ring to dispute
the British light-welterweight title a second time on Tuesday on the double
championship bill. The last fight these two had  when Clinton was
title-holder - was one of the best fights of the year to date. In the opinion 6f
this reporter it was the best fight of 1979 to date.

HAVING an elder brother who has reached championship status is
no g u a r a n t e e of personal success. There have been plenty o f'
brothers in boxing, but whereas one has achieved fame it has not
always followed t h a t t h e other has done likewise.
Not so in t h e case of Randolph Turpin, however. Not only did he
emulate t h e f e a t s of his brother Dick, but he surpassed them. Randy
reached world fame, whereas Dick had to be content with British
and Empire titles.

TWO boxers anxious to appear on London bills are Terry Bittard and Paul
Ellaway, from Oakmead Youth ABC, Duck Lane, Bournemouth, Dorset.
To prove a point they spent their summer holiday raising money for the
Femheath Adventure Playground.
The lads went on a sponsored walk along the Pennine Way, one of the hardest
vvalks in the British Isles, approximately 280 miles long, taking about 15 days.
Said Oakmead trainer Dave Bailey, "It just goes to show what some of the
teenagers are made of today. We are very proud of these two boxers from the
Oakmead Youth ABC. I would appreciate a mention in Boxing News