GHANA: COMMONWEALTH FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION -- DAVID POISON -- EASILY DEFEATS JIMMY ELLIS FROM THE IVORY COAST.
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190102
GHANA: COMMONWEALTH FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION -- DAVID POISON -- EASILY DEFEATS JIMMY ELLIS FROM THE IVORY COAST.
- Title: GHANA: COMMONWEALTH FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION -- DAVID POISON -- EASILY DEFEATS JIMMY ELLIS FROM THE IVORY COAST.
- Date: 9th February 1975
- Summary: 1. TV Start of round one, Poison comes from left hand corner and moves forward attacking throughout round 0.42 2. SV Spectators 0.45 3. CU Timekeeper signals start of round two 0.47 4. CU Poison moves out for round two, both men spar in middle 0.53 5. SV Crowd 0.56 6. SV (Towards end of second round) Poison attacking strongly and finally puts opponent on canvas with a right cross to the head. Referee counts Ellis out 1.49 7. CU Excited crowd 1.50 8. SV Referee holds Poison's arm aloft, Ellis embraces Poison 1.57 Initials BB/2200 NC/MR/BB/2230 SPORT: BOXING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 24th February 1975 12:00
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- Location: TAKORADI, GHANA
- Country: Ghana
- Reuters ID: LVA1B0SQG2RHI8BGFY093ACHDZSR
- Story Text: The Commonwealth Featherweight Boxing champion, David Poison, easily beat Jimmy Ellis of the Ivory Coast by a knockout in the second round of a scheduled eight round fight in Ghana on Friday (7 February).
The solid Poison (whose real name is David Kotei) kept up almost non-stop pressure. Ellis, very much thinner than the Ghanaian, kept moving backwards skipping out of the way and dodging on the ropes until felled by a hard right to the side of the head.
The fight was viewed with special interest in Ghana as it's a run-up for poison's title attempt against World Featherweight champion Bobby Chacon of the United States.
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