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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1960. WIL

THE BOXER WHO FAMOUS SPORTS STARS The South

DREAMS OF A ROLLS

By ALAN HOBY

London, Apr. 27.

At the start of the second round the young Welsh welter-weight knew exnetly what he had to do. As he slid from his stool, his boxing boots squeaking on the canvas, his mind burned with the words his famous brother had drummed into him.

"This

thing i ! the real

in other min Remember that the ring stands between you! and a fortaine,..."

Less Uu Lwo minules later Brian Curvls of Swansea-le boxer at Wales believes will be

a world champson and a young i

in who has been married

to

the 1st game siner be whs 11

was back in his corner.

CRUNCHING LEFT

With one crunching Telt brok the Welshman, his face murch- ment white under the laze-of to dlights, hed crumpled 11 enponent, Harry Havdick, of

British Guiana,

Although the Grian strug- gled gemely do-lo fert at four. the relerce Tok nat k and stopped the fight.

That was Brien Curvive dest pald outing made without fuse or fautores for CBS Wem- bley's Empire Pad 3 months 111,

Singe then,

and master-minded at every step by his brother i Curvis the lomer champion. Tirian the ruthless has won 13 professional contests on the run.

£30.000 AIM

In 11 years and 213 nights, amateur and pro, riunan X-A.B. A. champion has neper been knocked down and ins lost only six,

Now, with the brainy CHIT "calling" the lights-the next and at Vetal Field, Swan- st, on May -young Brian,

• Brian Curvis is the Welsh hope for a world title. He has never been knocked down,

who in chasing the British panel o

champion Wally Swift, can earn at least £30,000 in the years to come.

perfection or on the partitiament,

crowd be Her and he never squealed or

complained.

-I HAVE MET

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By ARCHIE QUICK

With his squashed broken nose, Sam Russell could

not be taken for anyone but a pugilist.

Mountain Ash, Dowlais hill from

duly com

In his youth he was a good, Market Hall of class featherweight boxer with just over out ever aspiring to a champion- Aberdare, Philips ship. He was a good second, a

pleted the "hat trick" and took Ipod munager, but best of all he the British title which had been Len Harvey a WOR A good referee. Henny relinquished by Angle, Fugene Corri, Moss few months before. Harvey had Deyong, and the best of the won the tile by outpointing the day bunch Andrew some Phillips at Olympia a few present Smythe have seen them all months before, but I shall always officiale, but I consider Russell contend that the beautifully- built Eddio could have been was superior to them all.

world champlon if he has had his heart in the game.

Ho had the complete con- Belence of the two boxers in the ring, he was always atriborita- tive, yet he was unobtrusive in his work. Now Sam is demil, at the age of seventy,

7 1 urted as a Covent Garden

marke! porter. but he lived all his file cast of Aldgate Pump In Stepney, cave so much time to boxing, his real love was the turf, He loved

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