Peau bout against Russian cancelled
PA || Auckland i The Auckland boxer, Jimmy Peau’s). bout against the top Russian, | Ramzan Sebiev, scheduled for April 21, has been, .'cancelled because of his first-round knockout in the tournament i in Seoul last week. ■ | ; The chairman; of the New I Zealand Boxing Council, Mr Allan Walker, (said from Matamata that the doctor attending last week's Seoul tournament had ruled the ; young heavyweight out for two months; j j The mandatory rest'period for, a boxer after a knockout is 28 days, but Walker said it
was obviously inadvisable for any promoter to disregard a medical recommendation: Mr Walker said negotiations were now going on with Global Sport; the promoter of the April 21, card, and it [was likely something else would be arranged. Despite Peau's ■ loss last week, Mr Walker! was [still optimistic the 1986 Commonwealth ! Games gold medallist would make this year's Olympics team. “After all Jimmy got knocked out; at Taupo in June 1986, and then two months later won his Commonwealth gold," Mr Walker said.
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