1961-10-12 — Page 9

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Michael Rand

Story by

Sydney Hulls

Brian London, Blackpool's stormy heavy-weight boxer, must have been pleasantly surprised to find he is but one step away from a world heavy-weight championship. fight.

America has just named Californian

Negro Eddie Machen

as the No. 1

challenger for the world heavy-weight title held by Floyd Patterson.

Lantern-jawed London fights Machen at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on Octo- bor 17.

Logically, if London beats Machen

he

should take the mantle of Patterson's chief challenger.

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1961.

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who will fight for big money

HEAVYWEIGHT

LIGHT

HEAVYWEIGHT

MIDDLEWEIGHT

WELTERWEIGHT

LIGHTWEIGHT

WORLD CHAMPION:

FLOYD PATTERSON

U.S.A.

Challenger EDDIE MACHEN U.S.A

ARCHIE MOORE U.S.A.

Challenger HAROLD JOHNSON U.E.A.

TERRY DOWNES Britalo

Challenger PAUL PENDER U.S.A.

EMILE GRIFFITH U.S.A.

Challenger BENHY PARET

Cuba

JOE BROWN U.S.A.

Challenger DAVE CHARNLEY Britain

EUROPEAN CHAMPION

TITLE VACANT

DICK RICHARDSON Britai

Challenger KARL

MILDENBURGER

W. Germany

ERICH SCHOEPPNER

W. Gormmy

Challenger QUELIO RINALDI

وامال

Challengers

JOIN COWBOY MCCORMACK

Scotland

HARK KOKMEYER Holland

DUILIO LOI Italy

Challenger CHRIS CHRISTENSEN Denmark

DAVE CHARNLEY Britala

Challenger

GIORDANO

BRITISH CHAMPION

HENRY COOPER England

Challenger

DICK

RICHARDSON Wales

CHIC CALDERWOOD Scotland

Challenger STAN CULLIS England

TERRY DOWNES England

Challenger

JOHN COWBOY MCCORMACK Scotland

BRIAN CURVIS Hales

Challenger MIOK LEAITY Ireland

DAVE CHARNLEY

England

Challenger DAVID

HUGHES

Wales

EMPIRE CHAMPION

HENRY COOPER Explard

Challanger ROBERT OLEROUT Canada

CHIC CALDERWOOD Scotlant

Challenger STAN QULLAB England

DICK TIGER

Hizerla

Challenger TERRY DOWNES England

BRIAN CURVIS Wales

Chattenper MICK LEAHY Ireland

DAVE CHARNLEY Engleed

Challaper GEORGE BRACKEN Australia

London, the man who was thinking about retiring because he couldn't get fight, who is not now cated in the first 10 of world heavy-weights, must be considered us a potential challen- ger for the world title.

★

It just goes to prove what an up-and- down business the light game is.

So Photonews brings you an up-to-the- minute assessment of world boxing.

As the big fight season opens bere are the men who are fighting for bigg money,

Men like Henry Cooper, Britain's band- some heavy-weight boxing champion. It has been a sock-in-the-eye start to the season for him.

Last week he lost his high rating as leadi- ing challenger to champion Putter.

son.

The Americans took away Cooper's status and justified their action with the one-word blast "inactivity"—because Cooper has not fought since he de fended his British and Empire titles. against Joe Erskine last March.

-tLondon Express Service).

Four D. Jones

BY MADDOCKS

CAPN BIG DUDS WILL SORT YOU OUT, STOWAWAY

M'LAD

FERDINAND

FEATHERWEIGHT

BANTAMWEIGHT

DAVEY MOORE U.S.A.

Challenger RAMU KING Nigeria

JOHN CALDWELL Britain

Challenger EDER JOPRE Brazil

PONE KINGPETCH Stam

FLYWEIGHT

Challenger GADAO YAOITA Japan

WHAT!

STOWAWAY ON

MY SHIP?

HE SHALL

SUFFER!

YES INDEED

WHAT WW.L

IT BE. CAPN

LA HANGING?

NO LAPS? IT'S HIGH TIME WE HAD DOME

ENTERTAIN- MENT. LET'S KEEL-MAUL THE SWAG

By Mik

CAMPARI

Italy

GRACIEUX LAMPERTI

France

HOWARD WINSTONE Wales

Chattenger

Challenger

HOWARD

WINSTONE

Wales

PIERRE COSSEMYNS

Belgium

KEN

FIELD

England

FREDDIE SILROY

SHEAFFER'S

UNPERKEMI

Sheaffer quality features

moderate

prices

At

Challenger ALPHONSE

HALIMI

France

SALVATORE BURBUNI Italy

Challenger

MIMUN

BEN ALI

Spain

N. Ireland

Challenger BILLY RAFFERTY Scotland

JOHN CALDWELL

N. Ireland

Chattcnter JACKIE BROWN Acotland

TITLE VACANT

FLOYD ROBERTSON Chara

Challenger HOWARD WINSTONE Wales

FREDDIE GILROY

N. Ireland

Challenger DENNIS ADJEL Chana

Challengers JOHN CALDWELL, N. Ireland

LLOYD GORDON Canada

Cut out and keep this up-to-the-minute assessment of who fights whom in big-money boxing,

JAPANESE SWIMMERS' AUSTRALIAN TOUR

the

Sydney, Oct. 11, youngsters coming along with Masaharu Taguchi, who was Promising young swimmers promise of being up to Olymple gold medallist in the Japanese from our Australian states are statırlard by 1884," said Mr freestyle relay team at the 1936 lo compete against the Japanese' Philips. team in January.

Berlin Olymples after finishing "These will be able to goia fourth in the 100 metres free- experience by swimming against style. the Japanese and by gaining the atmosphere

"International | Australia of competition," he added,

ARRIVE ON DEC. 31 The Japanese team will arrive

The

DA Secretary Australian Swimming Union, Mr W. Berge Phillips said today Japan would start two men in each ruce.

Two swimmers would repre- sent Australia in each event in

the Tests against Japan in Mel- in Sydney on December 31 and bourne, Sydney, Brisbane and will compelet Sydney Hobart Available lanes would · January 4.

on

be led In addition by some of They will swim in Brisbane on Australia's outstanding young January 8, Hobart on January 3 swimmers.

and Melbourne on January 10.

The team will be managed by

"Each state has a crop of

The team will be preceded to by two famous coaches, Katsuyoshi Murakami and Kiyoshi Koyanagi.

Murakami will be here for a swimming coaches' meeting inte this month.

He will return home with the Japanese team and Koyanagi will come at the end of Novem- ber and sidy for the rest of the reason to study Australian met- huls.--China Mail Special.

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