Boxing News magazine Download 31.10.1980.pdf

Boxing News magazine Download  31.10.1980.pdf

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

NEILL CHALKS UP AN EARLY WINNER

 COETZEE LETS THE CHAMPION OFF THE HOOK

ABA MULTI-NATIONS CENTENARY TOURNAMENT

Hawkins is a real dazzler

HOPE MEETS HERRERA

CINDERELLA MAN Mike Weaver dug deep into his
extraordinary reserves of durability and courage to make
a successful first defence of his WBA heavyweight title
against South African challenger Gerrie Coetzee, who
was within a punch of victory for most of the eighth
round but eventually folded in the 13th.
It was a dramatic end to a remarkable championship,
one devoid of the finer skills and sciences but full of
action and excitement. Fortunes swayed one way and
then the other before the muscular American took
control from the ninth onwards as Coetzee's challenge
faded.

HILARIO raises his hands in the air after retaining
his crown against former champion Shigeo
Nakajima. The Panamanian got the job done in
11 rounds.

THE second day of the semi-finals in the ABA multi-nations tournament presented
a feast of international clashes with world class wins for England's British Olympic
representatives Keith Wallace, Ray Gilbody, Tony Willis and Nick Wilshire.
But the most eagerly anticipated contest of the line up, was the long awaited
featherweight showdown between Ireland's Barry McGuigan, 19, and Pete
Hanlon, 21, of England, won conclusively on points by McGuigan before a slightly
bigger crowd at the Conference Centre.

VICTOR GALINDEZ, former WBA light-heavyweight champion from
Argentina, was killed last weekend in a motor accident near Santa Fe.
Galindez was in a car race with a friend when their vehicle broke down. On their
way back to the pits they were struck by another car and both were fatally injured.
Galindez was a two-time WBA light-heavy champion, losing the title to Mike
Rossman, then whipping Rossman in a rematch