Boxing Illustrated, January 1973

A "Boxing Illustrated" Review: by Brian Zelley

Stories by:
Bill Stern
Jose Torres
Don Dunphy
Steve Acunto
Billy Walker
Charley McGill
Lew Eskin
Roger Nolan
Lee Kerr
Noble Chissell
Harry Feldman
Al Lewis
Peter Heller
Benny Deaton
Jack Obermayer
David Frauman
Reg Gutteridge
Neil Allen
Richard Reekie
Don Majeski





Associate Publishers: Gene Fullmer and Floyd Patterson
Associate Editors: Marshall Reed, Jose Torres and Lester Bromberg
Published by "Champion Sports Publishing Corp.

Front Cover:  Joe Frazier and Yank Durham

"Rings Around The World"
* a regular section that covers current fight results.
Some of the bouts covered in January 1973 were:
* Bobby Chacon vs Alberto Reyes, at Woodland Hills, California.
* Bruno Arcari vs Chris Fernandez, at Rome, Italy.
* George Foreman vs Tony Sorrels, at  Salt Lake City
* Ray "Windmill" White vs Rafael Gutierrez, Woodland Hills
* Young Kennedy scores sensational one-round KO over
veteran Raul  Soriano. 

The Canadians: "Frantic Fernand" by Harry Feldman
Harry took a close up look at Fernand Marcotte who
helped to revive boxing in Quebec City.  

As an amateur, Fernand won Quebec Golden Gloves titles
and a  National Championship. As a pro he was managed by
Al Bachman also in the management was Bob Desfosses.
One of Fernand's major achievement in the pros was earning
a draw with the experienced Donato Paduano. and a big schocker
was his knockout victory over Joey Durelle. 

British Commonwealth Rankings to October 1972
* Canadian in the mix:
George Chuvalo, Ron Wilson, Al Sparks, Donato Paduano, 
Clyde Gray, Marshall Butler, Fernand Marcotte, Al Ford,
Les Gillis, and Billy McGrandle, 

On the British scene:
* good photo of Alan Minter with the tag "The Boom Boom Boy"
News that Alan Rudkin was involved in management for young
pro Dave Davies.
Publisher: Bert Randolph Sugar

The RING magazine, March 1981

***Zelley's Review***
It was a 100 pages that would
help to focus on boxing activity
in 1980 with a front cover 
photo of the Fighter Of The Year:
Thomas Hearns.

Special Stories and Reports:
1. Where Are They Now:
and interesting article by 
Michael Couture about
boxer Joe De Nucci.
2.  Inside Boxing  by :Sailor: Don Sauer.

3. "Come Out Writing"  - the section where fans 
have their say and at the top of the list was a regualr
Ralph Oates from Essex, England who had some 
positive thought about the well respected
boxing commentator Rex Gutteridge.

Annul Awards: 

Fighter of the year:  Thomas Hearns

Fight of the year:      Matthew Saad Muhammad vs 

                                    Avaro "Yaqui" Lopez

"For The Record":

Excellent article that covered professional boxing champions

who competed in  the Olympic Games:

Some of the names were:

Frankie Genero, Fidel LaBarba, Jackie Fields, Jackie Caluura,

Floyd Patterson, David Moore, Eder Jofre, Jose Torres, 

Vincente Saldivar, Maurice Hope, Alan Minter, Leo Randolph

Leon Spinks, and more.