World title retained
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) GENOA (Italy). B. Arcari, of Italy, retained his world junior welterweight boxing crown (W.B.C. version) with a tenth round i knock-out over D. Barrera Corpas, of Spain—who was apparently finished off by a bottle or a shoe hurled from the crowd. The Spanish challenger was standing groggily facing the champion after receiving a tremendous tenth-round battering, when an object hurled from the crowd hit him on the leg and he collapsed. The British referee, Mr E. Waltham, had no hesitation about counting him out, as! Barrera Corpas rolled for: ] nearly two minutes in apparent agony bn the canvas.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32734, 11 October 1971, Page 24
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102World title retained Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32734, 11 October 1971, Page 24
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