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LVE , AUuUST 1U, 1964,

GRANT GETS UNPOPULAR

VERDICT OVER URBINA
B UNNY GRANT, Jamaica's No. 4 ranked British Empire lightweight boxing champion
hardy cleared a big hurdle at the National Stadium la* Saturday night. He beat Mexico's
No. 6 ranked Alfredo Urbina, but di^ not show his usual sparkle with the resuk that a vary twfe
ttctioa of the crowd booed'the split decision awarded him on the following scores: judge Vivian
Blake 97-97, judge Granville DeLeon 97-95 and referee Speedy Flynn 98-96. The Glttnti had
Grant a 98-9) winner.
Giant »ho wa* having bin first fight »iurt> hi* ao>ac«***ful attempt hut April'
to lilt tlxe-worlj junior »flt*-r*r'uh( tnltr from Kddie Perkins, showed the effects
of tke layoff. He itarted off ,*t-ougly and had the crowd wufc hun as be piled op
poiou; bat fading ia the lasr tVv ruumb, Uratit ended the fight »ith boon from tbf f>*rt*
Sidelights
< ro»d nuging m hu ear* and then be«rd a \erdict that he had earned, grtf ted » uh SATURDAY nijjhl'i mixture
boo*. Jakkbg, juts**- M* a*e«*c of brawn «nd beauty drew a*
«*tun*l«d lowxr,tt)«i-atar to the
Grant** fin* reaction to th*
booing WM a took of shocked
diateuef win* wa* quickly
CrttM
wrr* H
fighter
T»**e
Decision was Nat-anal Stadium. Gall«ry *up-
porters *ere as umal mor*
ntnMi.ua thaa otters, and at
replaced by ofc* ia which h*
looked do** to Uan. H* wcot
aero** to sjBBaraaccr Buggy
:jflglit*ng»l*
tie** MMWr*.
TIM patten
or the next three rounds
fair-Dundee
f»*r**
ooe stage po*od som* probtan*
{or lh* polic* A coup)* dam
of youngsters decided that they
OraPt at th,* would -pull a fast on* and
•was ready to defend any ioflS " ~
TrSHP* 10-round bout, iii*-* nilf.
t.tle* agiunst any tighter at let Sato Urbina's face with broke raaka and
•r of world heavyweight cham- mvad«d th» ringside seata. Tbtj kas left l*k *m* U«* Alfred* I'rk-laaTVn* Gnat wUfc » T
any time—an obvwo* reaction regularirv and kept h m retreat- pion Cauiuj Clay who arrired VrkiM Couk oa" tk* *kl* to 1 g**4 rigs* •* k* tarmtd «m i
to claim* that be wa* ahymg Si* so nuch_ that by round

Hayles TKO winner;

away from • match with Ja- f \ * the Mexican showed * and driven back
maica's other world rater and reddened nose and was looking C!.ff in hu bout against Kid ' they came
hl» close friend. Percy Hayles. Pari'fd rs vost af hu attempt* Bassey. iaid the decision giving
Graal loo-tag fairy »w»ro :o take the battle close range Bunny Grant victory over Al- I SPECTATORS were *!»o treat-
that th* fltkt w« a moot rttal proied abortive On th* fredo" Urbin* was a fair, one ed to an impromptu motor car
oae, started eft siwcdUy ar»l»4t Gifa-e-'s card Grant had taken Daadro **M Graat dieUted race around the concrete cycling
Ik* slower Crfebw. Tfco- J»- tk* flgM a» t* t»«»d *U wlU

decks Hilton twice

'itti- of tae rounds with th* ' track. Several flashy sport* car*
dM att tt f fta even and he se*ed up U* M>»is>g »»« hold a ' were on hand to trmnjpoft the
the f ?ht by taking round six, est**ih lc*4 t* offset UH ' beauties to and from tb* *ta-

Urbina
though an Indication of »b*t
a as about to happen cajne in
tHe cloimg second* when Or-
«n»to«
' diunx. Aft^r the beautM* had
been driven around lh« arena to
o-na Hidden! y bulled in and "fcmt UM esirty r*m»ds wor* *JI drivers beiore leaving decided to GI**B*r
^thought stared swjijing Grant retal-
iated rsriftH and both men
'o ghl on after the bell xaul
Graat'a.
Dundee and Cliff returned
,sho» oU tneir vehicle*. Th*
to Mjaai_yesterday Dave Hil- icknje the
spirit soon over'.
and iirudst loud
JAMAICA'S Percy Hayle* scored a third round TKO over Dare Helton, CsA-
featherweight champion, at the National Stadium. Hayle* at 134| waa al-
most three pounds lighter than Hilton vho entered the ring at 137J. It was
he won re'eree Flynn intervened
Realizing that a knockout
»as now his only hope of wm-
n>ne t'rb.ru raced out for
ton leaves for Canada today appialJFe ,jIr.tre *ij an impromp-
and Urbina departs for Mexi- tu race
co on Wednesday
fh UM
e\en though
obvious from the second round however that Hayles had far too much firing power
for the Canadian who waa completely" outclassed. j »• took th« -m«>da»r7 *ifht
ALFREDO URBINA and his ri\ad seven and waded '-nto Th* first round nv« Uttt. uU ». Cautaa ftalafc** UM \ gn J ufta a .fei ^ H tor.
.manager Guit«ro Lopez, were the Ja~\a can champion Grant
about fc» decision rtfised tol back an inch and
Urbina. •tared r" xir» «'th the Mexi-
Lee whips GU1TERA LOTEZ. tr»jaer
Mexican Alfredo trbma. showed
„ unique touch in urging hu
indication of what was to i ninL
com* Hayles started cautious-
! °™ g ™S
In the first minuU ol the other ritMana
ly by «eel»g out his man and I third round a right crou to Johnson stepped in and (top-
They sasd thty could not un- cni slasher but Urbaa wss in
derstand the decision as they- b_= elerxnt and walked oft
hooour*
Tiger Lewis fighter to do better in his flaht
Grant In the flra fiviB
wis invariably
bit jab*.
Hilton caught a few on his
' the head dropped Hilton and ped th* ooe sided cootcft in
1 It jec*. of th* round.
-jfeWM.£HUa~J«K^C°X,
clmcied it with W* two-fisted b»tUe4 on evta teriai tkrcigh
piny*fung in the closing rounds roondj fifht «wj nine, bat ta N'neteen-year-old Roy Le«
who waj having ha second
nc rvt^i^i»5 ^M« w» ^
jaos from Grant's ftsta
Lopci *h^ looked a worried
and reddened Hilton s
H< fought back with a few jabs -^OTIft
Tfey saM b*we*er, (key wer* Ihe final brat trblaa mflfr man trroushout this poriod, of hi* own and one glancing
"heartened ky tke behavtoar •( btinr made to Mb* repeatedly -Tnwfess-onal light slammed would tsi suddenly exerted left book high on Hayles' head.
Uw Jamaican p«*U* wfc* wer* by the J»m»iem la •>* Rni letck and rights Into tough, -jfhgnver hJ boxer landed ev«n
very fair " Tkey wer*. slightly minute, eame with gru'staad stronfc.T!ger Lewj's head and ace clean punch- He would JBayl** Mkfec trim. WM all
phjioooyieml to* and finish that bxd Grant *n tk« - bodylfcd a'! but knocked him shout words ot encouragement
UM Mexiean-a flgbt* defeaaire aa< tkrlcBily sw«y-
Carlo* Henwades. to their rd the crowd wh« forgot Ih*
optalofi Crbtaa wo« the> k*tk 3omln»nr> of Ule lajuleaa M
out at/tfe N'afonal Stadium
last Saturday rfteM Le« was
iwa-rtfed a -msntmoo* decision
u Lrb-na <ind break out with
prolonged applause whenever
-vitun* iccrei ,R"«»'der». soon.
got on to th.* iod everytime
H* mvnt el*** t* RlHoa *ad
-r**a«4 Wm wMk a left a**k
U tk* k»4y. Kilt** r*Ued
•rer. otowtf itragitttf to 1)*-
SUPER-SPEED^
•at yei bott (tees tb* J*dge* ftf firrt sht ro»Bds.
th*agkt otherwt**.
SaturdiT's decision however '•>-
B ^h f ahte-^ scaled 138 Ib
tpe contest on a card mh;c*i
in the 6-round contest
LM aeiaoiutrated hi* ««l*tr-
terity rr»m the first r»«n4 urf
Lopei startea cupping- specta-
Ittrb 'Aeu'iiis bnjmd smiles
wo.'d < v e n.oi physical jup-
ka«e* aad gut mr *l tt* want
of mte*. •ayln »e*aaed la
i>o karry to flsrirti tk* «gkt
MARKS
*•>• box r.j ^ contr bation to thra.(h.>t the fitbl h* r*mr- ixin. 1 h.i . j,hthcarted banter
•would not dishearten them Jvra ca « Inaeoendence Ann.- .^ At r t up throughout the
H k>* len J»b Into TUert fw*
Lopez said, as they would con- •ve-^a-i Ce'ebra'. ons I' «a<
tmae to fight and aim for their 3-cmoted bv Luc.*n Chen and
bij goal — the lightweight c-v i-o-ed b. David A Lmdo
L.d
and then waded In with sk«rl
lefta and rlfhta, i«l»t alter-
•ately to »«dy and kead.
'-ht . . . .
fcE>OHE the Percy Hayles
TT finals
championship ot the world sfct •* ih Di\.e Hi'ton. Hayles

Good win for Bas^ey uas pr<r ent«i with a silver

LU^ for Ms oauunding perform-
^nce i^aj-.^t Paulic \rmstead
D\ Mr J L Cfaisholnv Hayles
FIRST TIMI Caoa«taa DaTC
Hilton torn down for tke ftrst
ftadi tke mark In the seccnd

Gleaaer S**rt* B*p*rtcr

KJt> BASSET with smashing
and both rtghfert teeved kcrt
la this rpand.
hook h'gh on Cfff s head drove
him across the ring and drsped
him over th* ropes.
a so r -wet - ed a cheque ol
.»*, L - fu-> lar David P«D-
tine at Percy Hayles- ri(M

Grant hurt and angry Slipper

left hooks- and right crosses, Froii then on the fijfht fol-
pounded out a unanimous ID- lowed a pattern that grew
round decision over Miami's trere oaisistent »tth each
CUff stayed on -h fwt- for
U* n«xt Otre* rounds ky grtai
pencrrranee and toetlea that Will take on tonight
Sufar Cliff on last Saturday rc--,d 9&**cv stalk.ng -r.issing were designed to wear d*wa S»T finals in the Gleaner In-
night's card. and land.ng »ith wild left and
The Basaey-Clitf light con- r-^M tv. pe^ Cliff reUeaUlg
tamed more action than any of and ^adiffni} stopp nj to f'ght
-Ji«,«Jier_taSw*,—CU# daciged. _t?3cK,'n br^ef flurries
Ln the, Wlh CSff under in-
_^
tlte rtuhtng Baswy CUft rea-
lised tkat b 9 only ekaae* of
rot*f the whole way was by
jftyiSlL. S'04* *»»*ity _•* the
other h»nd~ ""never s*cs»«(i ~tS'
all challengers dependence table tennis cham-
pionships are scheduled for the
,Silvtr,__. Slipper. J^uJj _tonliht_
SUPER SPEEOMoiiS shells give* bvn*nup to 10%
improved parterre with greater •ffecrive rang*.
to box in the early round* but ^FulfienTTOTe tKer tou^f'pfcnfie'eotihf t8tkn$r~
was soon forced to change hj s"j-t.oi f*off his tra ner An- andertUnd Uut U« »*•» ket of «l \ N \ < • ill -•> nj; i *>m «,)> The ••rpiie of surtmg at 730 Before the start
tactics by the boUytng. left- icio Dunde« dec ded to 50 to •eortnr » knoekoat nt ky -lorun iiu il ' - e J.itm '•I'l'* f'^hl ttitn Alfrt-do of the finals th* «eml-flnali of
prevent troublesome jwettng
hooking Basxey who was in top t-c bodj T^'se tact.cs were jUying at long range. Bo eft** DONT fOKCSTMSO THf VEKY MfUW XANO& RBLDlOtD
condition. lot successful iio»ever, as ed UK rudt la a klase ot glcry I rhin i (i^H' ; I— i in<' i IL'-A .H'OUt th* the Boys Doubles section will be
Th* second rond wa* tndU B'^ey stae;ered hjn with a
eatiro of UM pattera tie flgM lei to the head afld then lr-
kowerer. by skaktBf Cliff with
another of the** •mhteg left Gleaner Sporto Beporter
Ml Uf

• -!,-..!
«• . >ti' - m.utv uf Them played at 7
• I-' - nj.in ijU'r, wasi In the men's singles final at-
ADOLPH LIVY A MO. LTD.
S»A MAIBOUt STKEIT. KINOSTOM
wa. to take, CUM (lUIk*.) pxpl-cablv a'lowed him to re- books on tho kell. Takns 's c .- frot- - a -i Plol- 'n r \\.ls t > ' i | \ ODf
started ky Jab.ing, bat BMO«T i-over This was but the f'rtt The voting was judze Ferdie professional' amateur boxing tacking play win b* tb* order
(Mil. ***n di*s»ded hb» from of nany occasions on which Saogstct 97-95 judge Granv.H* goes n'O 1 1 * n; • ' <-•-' ar -i i\\ •• > eon n the five-setter between Shah
tlU* practfc* by ilamalnt two Ba<sey allowed Clrff, daxed DeLeon 99-95 *nd refer** The Jamaica Boxing Board of
Spe«J» F!ynn 99-95 all n fav- 'Hose in and Bobby Cousins. .
left* Into hi* face Cliff ard weak-kneed, to rtcovtr In
i.ft. thf» ^^vi»nf>> ^ leapmf left our of the Jamaican.
CorTol i fc r-r
op*?»^ri nf th> U
elboas Many of the
.- thai fans _ thought 1
-Then-tees, -flnatots- -pair -- to-
FOR REFRESHING SHAVES
•,v Hal! Pu «-" DeSc-JM and " ;r- i w ~ r d raseti arded d,d no! B^mnT made a
Frank Orre« gyms win be !> a a "tr-cn*. ''.yle ir-eat dc'ens %e f Rht look how mett Cornel ?r*ac« and Tom1
preheat nc ~ o 'J>1 cards •» th s In mv ppT.i'-n Bon- ften he evadec Urbina's , Wong m the men's doubles {

BOOK NOW ny a on the I.e.t b\ at least -wvcrful rijht. Xobodv no-

the finest bo«rs from tl>« thrt« a mar; r. L '. t% 3 pc ~t5 and I ticed how Banny'1; defence to Cousins and Hosela an tb* d*-
scored \ -j severer igifOt the r th! hand punch has -ap- , fending Caribbean doubla*

THE SECOND
T o n i g h t aa«
oUkti the three elty gyms
will jat «» soaUrtaaH to vie
for plaeei oo H»<r~t*a» ~w6fei
will k« •aieked wtMt Ike
Bunnv
Vrbtni U m T<TT strong aad
crafty firhter Bonny fo«gfct
the way he w»s InrtricU* to
becaav hr needed a win afte*
proved, ' Baster concluded

Youth athletes
.champions.
_,. Hofcia. a Trlnidadwui,. Is al*>
'In a third final — tht BizMl
Gillette
foamy
his loss to Perkins. Be dM doubles wh«re he and Monica
powerfal .ma»*«r te«» from
return
CABRERAS not fUht mn aaateir or teaal- Desouza tackla Kiuric* letter
and his 13-year-old sister Joy
With the nuTcrotn a-nateurs \ "I hearti a'ter the fight that the Caribbean women'! singlet
now to rralninf tftowtor a seme pa*" -ans of other local
tomorrow champion I

INTERNATIONAL
great keanaeta a tot of action fighters wan'.rd the decision to
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nights __ tell them one d*y the* will ra meet in the women's singles
feel as I d d when I heard the The l«-member YoutB Club and this match could pro-rid* a
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ATHLETIC MEETING PEOPLE
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Creamy full -bodied
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ot Grant's supporters was also smooth
NATIONAL 8TADIUM-AU8.13tfc 115tfc-&00 P.P in the dressing room and it which were in Trinidad where The semi-final matches for Ihe
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