Boxing News magazine Download 26.10.1979.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download  26.10.1979.pdf

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Boxing Results 1979

HURRICANE HOPKIN'S TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Body shots can cut down dangerman Mack

Repton given £16,000 boost

Davies makes Smith work

BIG JOHN TATE is certain to be a big hit in Knox- ville, Tennessee, but Knoxville, Tenn., is hardly the centre of world boxing  and therein lies the rub.
Tate, the new WBA world heavyweight champion, is a nice enough fellow and a useful fighter, but hardly good enough to fill the shoes of Muhammad Ali, the man he succeeds as champion. Perhaps anyone else  and certainly Gerrie Coet- zee  would have had the same problem had he managed to beat Tate at the Loftus Versfelt stadium for the vacant title.

early in 1980, couldn't have asked for a better work-out than the one he got from brave, stubborn Doug Demmings over 10 rounds at Wembley Conference Centre, writes TIM MO. Minter won all the rounds (100-95 on referee Roland Dakin's scorecard) but he had to work every inch of the way and couldn't stop a game and awkward opponent.

ELY light-middleweight Steve Hopkin powered himself into British title contention with an impressive inside the distance victory over awkward Scottish southpaw Billy Lauder at the Anglo-American Sporting Club.

ONE of the most difficult situations in which a top fighter can find himself is to be nominated as the official challenger for the world title, and then have to wait months for his title shot, writes ERIC ARMIT. His manager has to keep his boy active, but must be very careful in his choice of opponent. The fighter faces a similar dilemma: he must look good, but cannot afford to take chances.
Andy Ganigan found himself in this position after beating Chun Hyon II of Korea. The WBC had ruled that the winner of the fight would be the first challenger for Jim Watt's lightweight title, and Andy was aware that he would have to wait for four or five months for that honour.

SOUTHERN AREA bantamweight champion Dave Smith battled his way to a close but clear-cut victory over Llanelli's Glyn Davies at the National Sporting Club. Refetee Harry Gibbs scored the contest 78%-78 in favour of the London boxer after eight hard fought rounds. Davies, who holds the Welsh title, took the early rounds with his crisper punching and Smith, from Eltham, seemed to have all kinds of problems solving his opponents southpaw style. However, Smith fought more aggressively in the last two rounds and waded into his opponent with hard combination shots. Davies, to his credit, fought back doggedly to produce an exciting final three minutes. Both boxers were within the eight stone eight pound limit.