WBC Night of Champions photos

[Boxingnut]

Rudkin also challenged Lionel Rose for the world title.

Unfortunately for Alan he fought 3 great, undisputed world champs in their own backyards. Wasn't there some controversy over the Rose fight Bennie?? I know it was a split decision.

From memory, Rob, a well-known Aussie boxing journalist was drafted into the role of judge and he came up with a ridiculously biased score for Rose, although Rose undoubtedly did enough to win. The fight is on youtube and Rose is the complete article - unbelievable with the right hand counter - and for Rudkin to push him so close speaks volumes for his own ability.
Olivares would ruin Rose a short while later in LA, flooring him five times.

You are right as always Bennie. It was Ray Mitchell who was drafted in. Iirc he was the Austrailia correspondent for The Ring and/or Boxing News. He was a fairly knowledgeable writer but his bias towards Aussie fighters did shine through.

[tweetstreet]

Minter was at a sports do in the Midlands quite recently, which my brother attended, and he was blatantly pissed. He told one punter to shut up.

I met Minter on the Friday night at the amateur even, he was steaming! But a true gent posed happily for photo's and cracked a few jokes.

Can honestly say every fighter there was great with the fans, sat next to Briggs and talked to him for a while and said he hoped he'd put a good showing in against klitchko,


Krzysztof Wlodarczyk was sat by us too and despite not speaking a load of English he talked with us and said he'd welcome a fight with Enzo macc if he gets a few decent fights under his belt and gets back up in class again. although he said he'd have preferred Haye and was a bit sorry that ship has sailed

Did you manage to have a chat with Barkley, and if so, how is he?

No don't even remember seeing him if i'm honest, but to be fair I was trying to catch up Mr Minter in the drinking stakes so was half cut by the end of the night. I've got some photo's of the night and some with boxers who I can't out names to faces with so I may have to post them up and get the boxrec experts to help me out a bit......

[taffytoon]

It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

The woman is he pictured with is female boxer Cecilia Braekhus who is under the Sauerland promotional banner:

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