DAVE Anderson, from Glasgow, last night staked his claim for a shot at
the British lightweight title when he outpointed Walsall's Peter Till
over 10 action-packed rounds at Glasgow's Hospitality Inn -- his
fifteenth straight win as a professional.
It was an official eliminator for the championship and it was the
third time in six months Anderson had outpointed the tough Midlander. At
first it was over six rounds, then over eight, and last night Anderson
showed he had the stamina and the class to last 10 rounds and still be
bouncing at the end.
There was no doubt as to the winner, the referee scoring it
98[1/2]-97[1/2] to Anderson.
Brian Carr, the Olympian and former ABA champion, made an explosive
start to his professional career when he knocked out Hull featherweight
Fred Reeve after 42 seconds of the second round -- and this after having
suffered a cut above his left eye due to a clash of heads.
Glasgow welterweight Gordon Blair also looked impressive when he
stopped Doncaster's Mark Allan midway in the third round, having had the
Englishman down for three counts.
John Wilson, the Commonwealth Games light heavyweight silver medallist
from Edinburgh, was equally devastating when he punched out Craig Byrne,
of Birmingham, after 1min 40sec of the second round. Byrne was knocked
down three times, all for counts of eight.
* BRITAIN'S Delroy Bryan failed in a valiant attempt to capture the
vacant European welterweight title in Cordoba yesterday.
The referee stopped a scheduled 12-round fight in the tenth and gave
the fight to Spain's Jose Luis Navarro after Bryan had taken two
mandatory counts.
The first four rounds were even, with Bryan opening up a cut in
Navarro's right cheek in the fourth with a powerful left cross. But as
the Briton began to tire in the eighth, Navarro started to land some
heavy punches.
The title had last been held by Scotland's Gary Jacobs.
* FRANK Liles retained the WBA super-middleweight title in Quito on
Saturday with a unanimous points decision over fellow American Michael
Nunn in a double title bill that left few in the crowd happy.
In the headline bout for the vacant IBF middle-weight crown, Segundo
Mercardo of Ecuador and American Bernard Hopkins fought to a draw that
brought howls of protest from fans and left the title vacant.
The unanimous decision for Liles was also criticised by the public and
local sports commentators, who thought Nunn had the upper hand during
the bout. Judge Oscar Perez, of the United States, scored the fight
115-112, Venezuelan Gonzalo Rivera had it 117-111, and American Bob
Watson called it 114-113 for Liles.
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