Boxing News magazine 13.4.1990Download pdf

Boxing News magazine 13.4.1990Download pdf
Boxing News Magazine 1990 Memorabilia
 

STOCKY Welsh light-middleweight
Carlo Colarusso came in as a 24-
hour substitute, gave away 5lbs in
weight and ignored height and reach
disadvantages to outpoint Stepney
southpaw Ray Webb over six threes
at the Moat House Hotel.

I WOULD have to rate the Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick
Taylor fights as one of the best of all time, comparable in
its division to the Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello battle. Both
fighters showed they are great professionals, and the spirit
in which the battle was waged was a credit to boxing. For
me, two champions went into the ring and two champions
came out. There were no real losers - and boxing was the
winner.

TWO area championship fights will be staged on the same bill
at Rhydycar Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tydfil, on April 26. Shaun
Cummins, from Nelson, in Mid-Glamorgan, meets Wally
Swift, of Solihull, for the Midlands Area light middleweight
title.
John Davies of Swansea and Kelvin Mortimer, from
Trebanog, in the Rhondda Valley, clash for the vacant Welsh
welterweight crown.
The hard-hitting Cummins, 22, qualifies to fight for the
Midlands title because he comes from Leicester, although he
has lived in South Wales for nearly six years. Eddie Thomas,
doyen of Welsh boxing managers, brought him to Wales but he
is now managed by Dai Gardiner, who is promoting the
tournament with his light middleweight Kevin Hayde, Britain's
only boxer-promoter.

UNDEFEATED Philadelphia junior lightweight Frankie
Mitchell ran his record to 24-0 (10 quick wins) with a
seventh-round TKO over durable Kent Hardee at the Blue
Horizon. But it wasn't easy.
Mitchell, one of the best-kept secrets in boxing, was
forced to overcome a nasty gash on his scalp and a
do-or-die effort from Hardee before emerging the victor in
a hard-fought bout.

FORMER IBF light-welterweight champion JAMES "BUDDY" McGIRT moved a step
closer to gaining a shot at the welterweight title when he hammered TOMMY
AYERS t o defeal in the second of a scheduled 10-rounder at the Trump Plaza
casino/hotel.

FORMER WBC super-flyweight champion GILBERTO ROMAN
of Mexico spent 48 hours in a police cell on the
outskirts of Mexico City last month after being accused of
drunk driving and causing damage to another car.
Roman, who had been celebrating with friends, was
also accused of threatening two policeman after the
incident. The Mexican is scheduled to challenge Korea's
Sung Kil Moon for his old title in Seoul on April 26.

SCOTLAND suffered an 8-1 drubbing when they took on a
touring team from USA in the Angus Hotel. The Scottish
team had five of their recently-crowned champions in
action, but only one of them won.
Light-fly Paul Weir scored Scotland's solitary win by
boxing like an American. Solid lefts under the southpaw
lead of Orlando Malone set up a points win for the
stylish, willowy Weir.

THE PM Rees and Sons-sponsored Welsh ABA finals lived up to expectations with
the majority points win by Michael Smyth (Rhoose) over Newbridge's Joseph
Calzaghe being one of the finest welterweight scraps seen in the Principality for years.
Smyth, a 20 year-old builders' labourer, had won the light-welter title in the two
previous years, and was making a bid for the crown won in 1989 by the now-retired
Russell Ivins.

ROBERT McCRACKEN was controversially outpointed by the Lynn's Adrian Carew
during the usual long evening of boxing in the All England ABA semi-finals at the Leisure
Centre.
But the Repton club look likely to end their decade of ABA sorrow as all five of their
boxers advanced to the national semi-finals at Blackpool on Tuesday (April 17).
The majority vote in former Olympian Carew's favour was wrong, as McCracken had
fought a tactically brilliant bout, successfully nullifying Carew's assets.
It was exciting without being spectacular and it was McCracken who dictated the pace
and momentum with telling single jabs and frustrating defensive holds.
Sometimes good defensive moves can be equally effective offensive touches, and this
was the case as Carew increasingly lost his concentration as the fight wore on.
Carew is an exceptional fighter with speed and a devastating punch in either hand, but
here the tall Birmingham City boxer was quite simply brilliant as he hid his chin, slipped
big hooks and slotted home fast, accurate jabs.