Walter McGowan vs. Salvatore Burruni

Walter McGowan 112 lbs beat Salvatore Burruni 110 lbs by PTS in round 15 of 15

• Date: 1966-06-14
• Location: Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
• Referee: Harry Gibbs

• Unofficial AP Scorecard: 5-4-6 McGowan
• World Flyweight Title (2nd defense by Burruni)
  (recognized by European Boxing Union, British Boxing Board of Control & The Ring Magazine)
  

Newspaper Articles

• "McGowan Outpoints Burruni For World Flyweight Title", The New York Times, 15 June 1966.
• "Scot Gains Burruni's 'World Title", The Japan Times, page 6, 16 June 1966.
  

"LONDON (AP) -

Walter McGowan, 23-year-old Scot, Tuesday night outpointed Salvatore Burruni of Italy and stripped him of his disputed world flyweight boxing title.

McGowan left-jabbed in the early rounds and survived a vicious cut over his right eye in the middle of the fight.

The 15-rounder, before about 6,000 at London's Indoor Wembley Stadium, saw McGowan covered in blood from the cut in the last round.

At times he tried to wipe the blood out of his eyes and it poured down the right side of his face. But he still boxed his way out of trouble against the 33-year-old Italian.

McGowan weighed 111 pounds, 11 ounces - five ounces inside the flyweight limit. Burruni was five ounces over at the first attempt but an hour later weighed in at 110 pounds.

(The rest is omitted)".

This fight was not recognized by WBC.

The President of WBC, said.

• "McGowan not the (WBC) Champ!", Evening Times, (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom), 16 June 1966 – via Google News Newspaper Archive.
• "Not recognised", The Guardian (England, United Kingdom), page 10, 15 June 1966.
  

" Mr L. Spota, the president of the World Boxing Council, said in Mexico City that the WBC did not recognise last night's fight between McGowan and Burruni as the world flyweight championship. The WBC disqualified Burruni as champion last November when he failed to meet its timelimit for giving Hiroyuki Ebihara (Japan) a chance for the title.

Spota said Horacio Accavallo (Argentina) was the only world flyweight champion recognised by the Council, having won the title against Katsuyoshi Takayama (Japan) in a bout ordered by the WBC to choose a new champion."

WBC Ratings after this fight

WBC Ratings on August 1966

• (In Spanish) "Trabajos del Consejo Mundial de Box", El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), 28 August 1966 - via HNDM (Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de México).
• "WBC August Ratings", The Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan), page 6, 29 August 1966.
  

"MEXICO CITY (AP)

(omitted)

Flyweight
Champion: Horacio Accavallo (Argentina) 1. Walter McGowan (Scotland) 2. Hiroyuki Ebihara (Japan) 3. Kiyoshi Tanabe (Japan) 4. Efren Alacrán Torres (Mexico) 5. Tatsuyoshi Takayama (Japan) 6. Puntip Kaesuriya (Thailand) 7. Rene Liber (France) 8. Chartchai Chionoi (Thailand) 9. Rocky Gattellari (Australia) 10. Al Diaz (Philippines)

".

WBC Ratings on November 1966

• "WBC considers l'weight crown, No.1 post open", The Manila Times (Philippines), page 5-B, 5 November 1966.
  

"MEXICO CITY, Nov. 4 (AP)

(omitted)

Flyweight
Champion: Horacio Accavallo (Argentina) 1. Walter McGowan (Scotland) 2. Hiyoshi Tanabe (Japan) 3. Hiroyuki Ebihara (Japan) 4. Efren Torres (Mexico) 5. Katsuyoshi Takayama (Japan) 6. Punto Keosuriya (Thailand) 7. Rene Libeer (France) 8. Chartchai Channoi (Thailand) 9. Rocky Gattellari (Australia) 10. Thonghchai Supasanuth (Thailand)

".