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1976-12-01 - Boxing News

WBO announces 8 man tourney participants
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has announced the participants for the upcoming 8 man single elimination tourney to crown their new champ following the retirement of legendary then champ Muhammad Ali (51-3, 41 KO). The participants will be as following:

The two time and currently reigning EBU champion, 26 year old brit Joe Bugner (31-9, 19 KO) is #1 seed.

Former IBF champ and WBC title challenger, 31 year old american Al 'Blue' Lewis (32-7-2, 17 KO) is seeded #2.

#3 seed is the 25 year old texan born Mike Weaver (24-2, 21 KO) who is still somewhat inexperienced.

The 1972 olympic gold winner, 27 year old undefeated prospect Larry Holmes (19-0, 17 KO) is seeded #4.

#5 seed is the reigning Commonwealth and BBBofC champion, 29 year old walesman Dennis Avoth (28-8-4, 1 KO) who is coming off his first ever stoppage win.

Italian 30 year old Piermario Baruzzi (25-5, 18 KO) has been announced as the #6 seed.

Seeded #7 is the 26 year old american Mike Boswell (25-5, 19 KO).

Undefeated and inexperienced 22 year old american Ibar Arrington (14-0-2, 3 KO) has surprisingly been appointed as seed #8.

Schedule is as following:

1977-05-07: Al Lewis vs Mike Boswell and Larry Holmes vs Dennis Avoth

1977-05-14: Joe Bugner vs Ibar Arrington and Mike Weaver vs Piermario Baruzzi

Joe Bugner and Dennis Avoth stripped of regional titles

Two time and now former EBU champ Joe Bugner and now former Commonwealth & BBBofC champion Dennis Avoth has been stripped of their regional titles following their participation in the upcoming WBO 8 man tournament.

Ring Magazine rankings December 77
1. Ken Norton 34-3 (29)
2. George Foreman 31-2 (31)
3. Earnie Shavers 30-2 (26)
4. Jimmy Young 31-3 (10)
5. Joe Bugner 31-9 (19)
6. Boone Kirkman 28-8 (20)
7. Ron Lyle 26-1 (23)
8. Al Lewis 32-7-2 (17)
9. Mike Weaver 24-2 (21)
10. Jeff Merritt 31-10 (25)

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December schedule:

12-04 in Australia:
Dante Cane vs Reno Zurik
Fonomanu Sekona vs Aphonso Peixe
Danny Ashton vs Andy Jackson
Tony Coyne vs Bernard Thebault

12-17 in USA:
Fred Houpe vs Sergei Ivanchuk
Tony Ventura vs Benoit Hinderer

12-24 in USA:
Scott LeDoux vs TBA
Trevor Berbick vs Michel Regnault

12-25 in UK:
Eddie Neilson vs Alto Haapakoski
Kallie Knoetze vs Jukka Murto
Andrew MacPheeters vs Alistair Cartier
Josh Ballard vs Lubomir Hlinka

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1976-12-04

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fonomanu Sekona 23-6 (15) KO 3 Aphonso Peixe 11-14-3 (3)
Sekona hammered Peixe down once in 1st and three times in 3rd to finish it.

Tony Coyne 14-10-3 (4) DRAW 10 Bernard Thebault 33-18-3 (18)
A close and somewhat dull fight ends with the scores 96-95 Coyne, 97-93 Thebault and 95-95.

Danny Ashton 11-0-1 (7) UD 8 Andy Jackson 3-6-1
Ashton knocked Jackson down in 2nd and 5th, but otherwise he did not do too well as he won with the scores of 78-73 twice and 77-74.

Dante Cane 39-13-1 (31) TKO 6 Reno Zurik 17-14-2 (5)
Cane manages to keep himself in the mix by knocking Zurik down once in 3rd and twice in 6th and winning easily.

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1976-12-17

Armory, Newark, NJ, USA

Tony Ventura 27-13-3 (17) UD 10 Benoit Hinderer 13-11-3 (1)
Ventura rebounds from his KO loss to George Foreman by outclassing Hinderer, knocking him down twice and cruising to the scores 100-88, 99-89 and 98-90.

Fred Houpe 16-0 (15) KO 6 Sergei Ivanchuk 10-12-1 (4)
Houpe gave Ivanchuk a beating, knocked him down three times and outclassed him.

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1976-12-24

Ritacco Center, Portland, OR, USA

Co-Feature:
Trevor Berbick 5-0 (3) KO 1 Michel Regnault 8-12-1 (1)
Berbick suprises somewhat by knocking out the always tough and hard french journeyman in the 1st.

Main Event:
Scott LeDoux 12-1 (7) UD 8 Marty Monroe 9-3-1 (2)
Nice perfomance from the olympic semifinalist who sends Monroe down in the final round to win with the scores 78-74 twice and 79-73.

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1976-12-25

Harvey Hadden Leisure Center, Bilborough, Nottingham, UK

Undercard:

Lubomir Hlinka 20-29-1 (4) KO 4 Josh Ballard 7-5-1
Well, as the russians record proves with the 4 knockouts in 50 fights, he is one hard-hitting mofo and therefore Ballard can be very proud of lasting till the 4th.

Andrew MacPheeters 5-0 (1) UD 6 Alistair Cartier 1-2-1
Easy nights work for MacPheeters who picks up the scores 60-54 twice and then one judge saw a round for Cartier, weirdly, and scored it 59-55.

Kallie Knoetze 5-1 (4) KO 4 Jukka Murto 4-4-1 (1)
After cruising through the first two, Knoetze was suddenly caught at put down, only to come back much stronger in 4th and finish the agressive hungarian.

Main Event:

Eddie Neilson 21-3-1 (18) KO 3 Alta Haapakoski 11-23-3 (3)
Neilson keeps feasting off poor and sloppy bums as he puts yet another no-name win on his acceptable record.