Saturday, August 24, 2013

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