Boxing FEATHER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Bassey Retains World Title (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright' LOS ANGELES, April 2. The world feather-weight boxing champion, Hogan Bassev, of Nigeria, unleashed an attack of savage fury to out his Mexican challenger, Ricardo Moreno, in the third r ound of their scheduled 15-round titl** fight last night. The chamoion. weighing Bst 121 b, went into the ring a 2-1 on favourite over Moreno, Bst HJlb. but few ’n th® estimated crowd of 15.000 in ♦he Wriglpv F’eld baseball stadium thought that the end would come offer than nine minutes’ boxing.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28552, 3 April 1958, Page 19
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