Boxing News magazine 9.11.1990Download pdf

Boxing News magazine 9.11.1990Download pdf
Boxing News Magazine 1990 Memorabilia
 

FRENCHMAN J e a n Maurice Chanet tried every trick in the
book to hang on to his European heavyweight title but found
Olympic super-heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis too
big, powerful and skilful for him as he was rescued, officially
on a cut eye, in the sixth round at the National Sports Centre.

PAUL HODKINSON put the trauma of defeat behind him
when he crushed Frenchman Guy Bellehigue in three
rounds of a European featherweight title defence at the
Grand Hall.
It was the Kirkby boxer's first bout since Marcos
Villasana stopped him with badly swollen eyes in a vacant
WBC title fight in June, but he showed no ill-effects from
that setback.

PECKHAM'S James Cook joined the ranks of Britain's
"0ver-30s" champions when he pulied off a perfectly
executed upset victory over defending supermiddleweight
champion Sam Storey at the Maysfield
Leisure Centre.

BURTON lightweight RITCHIE JOYCE returns to the ring at
Stratford-on-Avon on Monday with a six rounder against
MICK MULCAHY from Manchester.
Joyce was considered a good prospect until he was
stopped by B. F. Williams in Stoke in October 1989 — his
first defeat after six wins. He hasn't boxed since that
setback.

THERE were a number of winners and losers after Evander
Holyfield's victory over Buster Douglas. Obviously
Evander is a big winner with a number of lucrative multimillion
dollar paydays ahead. It is difficult to call a man
who collects $24 million for less than nine minutes a big
loser, but Buster has lost out on a big purse against Tyson,
and history will record his win over Iron Mike as just an
off-night for Tyson and judge him harshly.

THE PROXIMITY of the Commonwealth Games to the ABAs this
year, along with the usual spate of professional defections, meant
that an unusually large number of new champions were crowned at
the Albert Hall finals in May.
And one of the most surprising in a year of surprises was 21 year-old
bantamweight Paul Lloyd, who clinched his title with an impressive second
round stoppage ol Patrick Mullings in what was only his 24th contest.

WATERLOO'S welterweight prospect
ROCKY BRYAN has been forced to retire
after a brief four fight pro career because
of eye trouble.
Bryan, who was managed by Mike Barrett,
was an ABA light-welterweight
runner-up in 1987 and London lightwelterweight
champion from 1986-87.