WEST BERLIN: EUROPEAN LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WINS FIRST FIGHT AS HEAVYWEIGHT

Record ID: 375956

  • Title: WEST BERLIN: EUROPEAN LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WINS FIRST FIGHT AS HEAVYWEIGHT
  • Date: 12th November 1967
  • Summary: DEL PAPA (DARK-HAIRED) EXCHANGES BLOWS WITH BLIN (WHITE STRIPED PANTS); ITALIAN KNOCKS BLIN DOWN TWICE IN ROUND SEVEN; END OF FIGHT; DEL PAPA DECLARED WINNER. Initials JP/VS/BHH/FB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th November 1967 12:00
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  • Location: WEST BERLIN
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVAE99MMGNRGXSXU91NSVYKT9MRZ
  • Story Text: THE EUROPEAN LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, PIERO DEL PAPA OF ITALY, MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS A HEAVYWEIGHT IN WEST BERLIN LAST NIGHT (SATURDAY). DEL PAPA WON A UNANIMOUS TEN-ROUND POINTS DECISION OVER JUERGEN BLIN OF WEST GERMANY.

    DEL PAPA WAS THE MORE POWERFUL OF THE TWO BOXERS AND KNOCKED BLIN TO HIS KNEES TWICE IN THE SEVENTH ROUND WITH PUNISHING BLOWS TO THE BODY. THE ITALIAN, HOWEVER, WAS GUILTY OF BARGING AND UNRULY TACTICS DURING THE FIGHT AND WAS WARNED FOR LOW PUNCHING IN THE TENTH ROUND.
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