Sweet Science: Monday 6pm - Elley Bennett Historical tribute

[DaSweetScience]

Monday July 4, 2011

6-8pm AEST- The Sweet Science National Boxing Program

Program #250: This week's Sweet Science boxing program is broadcast live from 3KND 1503AM in Melbourne.

The show features the following:

- News Wrap with Peter Maniatis

Then the Elley Bennett in studio Special :

We pay tribute to the great Elley Bennett, an Aboriginal Hall of Fame legend who won the Australian Bantamweight and Featherweight titles and is known as one of Australia's hardest ever pound for pound punchers.

Featuring interviews with:

- Tony Hood - Fist Magazine historian in studio
- Alan Moore - Former Australian welterweight champion and friend of Elley
- Bryan Membrey - Former fighter and Elleys friend
- Trevor King - 63-1 featherweight and Elleys opponent in 1953

- Radio: The Sweet Science Australian National boxing radio program is broadcast live to over 50 stations on the National Indigenous Radio Service including:

Sydney: Koori Radio: 93.7 FM
Melbourne: 3KND: 1503 AM
Townsville: 4K1G: 107.1 FM

Internet: Listen live on – http://www.3knd.org.au or http://www.nirs.org.au or http://www.gadigal.org.au/ click on Koori Radio Live at the top of the page

[Brute]

Everybody stole from Elley and he finished up being done for an insurance scam on his fishing boat.

Poor bastard.