Heavyweight Burner returns to Britain with knockout vow
PA London The heavyweight, Joe Bugner, returned to Britain yesterday and had a mini-bout ■; thecrowdswho turned , out at fHeathrowto hinfc-i<.'v- ■ The 37-yekr-old , bo<er had to' he wps going, w xnpcx .. fortigMi'lwtoiton ga&rtSSSSiL as one of the great comebacks of boxing. After months of negotiation and a mass of prepublicity the fighter flew from Sydney ready for his confrontation with the British champion, Frank
Bruno, on Deuber 24. Fears that,’a £15,000 , ($NZ37,4;00) 4emand sfwfe <retiiftOhero.? £ - / ?'■ DrSefatna“&ocodlle '''ttiiirA Jit ' A 1 •• - WUd autographs, waved,at old friends and said h£ still had a lot of fans in Britain. -i “Whether they booed me or cheered me I always had a good house and my popularity was at the top.” He had come
hwe qars to “create a bit vtobre Aggression. ;-s<-“The secret behind this &flght is' the-. strengthibeSid toe two blokes shtr ; into toe ejfaw wh intending to do, I tofck the fight will be , vetyjbne-sided ” J ,‘ ■ I touwill ; % ■ wMr-Sr 1 15... , : - •T have the strength, size; and ability to beat him. I think a win will automatically give me a crack at the world ■His smile disappeared
marginally .when toe pay-, ments to his Wttnfer wife i& toere tapß : to be-■ ■: anybtopbrWKtupabout ■ my ; .M?lqrs.-te»ye--JtvWtt. he sald<.; ml' >■ r Asked about a report that he would be getting £200,000 (1NZ502.975) and Australian television rights, his. wife, Marlene, replied: “We.are getting what we wanted. It’s more than that? l 4-
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