- Title: UK: ALAN RUDKIN TALKS OF FORTHCOMING WORLD TITLE FIGHT WITH LIONEL ROSE
- Date: 16th February 1969
- Summary: 1. GV & SV EXT "NOBEL ART GYMNASIUM" 0.08 2. SV INTO RUDKIN IN RING SHADOW BOXING AT 12 FT 3.7. 19, INTERVIEWER STEPS INTO RING AND SPEAKS TO RUDKIN SOF. 2.12 TRANSCRIPT: (SEQ. 2) INTERVIEWER: ALAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FIGHT WITH LIONEL ROSE, ARE YOU CONFIDENT? RUDKIN: VERY CONFIDENT, YES I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND GETTING OVE
- Embargoed: 3rd March 1969 13:00
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- Location: LONDON: U.K.
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVAC3IBJ1A8H0V63DIVYNF6PD1V2
- Story Text: BRITAIN'S ALAN RUDKIN, EMPIRE BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION, IS IN FINAL TRAINING BEFORE LEAVING ENGLAND FOR AUSTRALIA AT THE END OF THIS WEEK TO MEET LIONEL ROSE OF AUSTRALIA FOR ROSE'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT MELBOURNE ON MARCH 8.
ROSE WHO WON THE TITLE FORM JAPANESE FIGHTING HARADA, HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED HIS CROWN TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR. RUDKIN HAS HAD ONE PREVIOUS ATTEMPT AT THE TITLE, IN 1965, WHEN HE LOST TO HARADA.
THE FIGHT WILL BE THE FIRST WORLD TITLE FIGHT STAGED AT MELBOURNE'S KOOYONG AREA FOR SIXTY YEARS.
DURING A WEEK IN TRAINING AT THE NOBLE ART GYMNASIUM THIS WEEK, RUDKIN WAS ASKED HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING CONTEST.
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