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Bruno-Tyson fight put in doubt

Boxing

Thursday 26 October 1995 00:02 GMT
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Boxing

Following Tuesday's High Court writ issued by Lennox Lewis, Frank Warren has stated that Frank Bruno will fight any legal action to stop his meeting with Mike Tyson. The Lewis camp insist their fighter is the rightful opponent for Bruno's first World Council heavyweight title defence, but Tyson's installation as the WBC's No 1 contender has thrown the whole issue into dispute.

Marcelo Dominguez, of Argentina, overcame the challenge of Russia's Sergei Kobozev to retain his World Council cruiserweight title in Levallois- Perret, France. On the same bill, Alexander Gurov, of Ukraine, took the European cruiserweight title by stopping the holder, Patrice Aouissi of France, in the fifth round.

PROFESSIONAL PROMOTION (Telford Ice Rink) 6-rd super-featherweight: B Robb (Telford) bt R Grubb (Tipton) pts; 6-rd middleweight: M Dawson (Burton) bt G Williams (Wolverhampton) pts; 8-rd cruiserweight: R Norton (Stourbridge) bt N

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