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PORTLAND — Power punching will he the order of the day, or mght, when classy Henaldo Victoria of Pittsfield Mass.. meets Juan Ramos of New York City in Thursday night s 20 . round main bout at the Exposition BuildingVictoria. who will be transferred to the General Electricplant here shorth and plans to bring his family here, won't he risking either his New Englandwelterweight or lightweight title.h'rt. will have at stake a proud 17 0 recordHe's the only New England fuhter in the world rankings of King maga/ine and hopes short ly to move full - scale into the national picture Ramos holds a convincing do rision over V E middleweight Gene Herrick whom Victoriastepped here in his last outing.and has several other noteworthy credentials. He lt;strong, aggressive and a whale of a body puncher His win list is impreslive, but so is Victoria's wal*lopmg power. The betting in most circles is that Victoria can la'ii the New Yorker il he catches him full in his sights Herrick will he hack in the eicht - round semifinal, attempting to force a return to top hilling when he battles Danny An drews of New York, a respected fighter.Gene can hurt anyone he hits but his trouble of late has beenin harnessing his attack, notswinging wildly and leaving himself open to pot - shots An drews has beaten Mike MeGuirk. Danny Garcia, Tony Diamond and waged a war with stone - chinned Rocky ilalliday.Improving Tommy Foss, Peaks Island middleweight, is back in the six - round top preliminary seeking his fourthstraight win when he mixeswith Lu Venales of New York Four rounders will have Tom my Butts. Portland, against Bobby Bell, New York, and Bobby Pa.vzant, Portland, against Charley McKinney, Brunswick First boxer is due in the ring at 8:30 p.m.Pro BasketballBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNKVTuesday's ResultsBoston 113, New York 91 Phila'phia 134. San Diego 103 Baltimore 120. Seattle 121 St Louis 134. San Fran 117Detroit 121. Chicago 119Today's GamesNew York at Boston St. Louis at Los Angeles San Diego at DetroitPhiladelphia at CincinnatiThnrsdav’« GainesBoston at ChicagoUs Angeles at San Diego Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati atSt. Lout# vi. Seattle at Portland. Ore. i\B \Tuesday's Result#Pittsburgh 123, Vnaheim !!d
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Biddeford Saco Journal
Biddeford, Maine, US
Wed, Mar 06, 1968
Page 7
Full Page
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