Sport in Short: Boxing

JEAN-BAPTISTE MENDY, of France, retained his European lightweight title in Paris last night when Antonio Renzo, of Italy, retired after the third round.

PROFESSIONAL PROMOTION (Elephant and Castle Leisure Centre, London): 6-rd light-middleweight: S McNess (Bethnal Green) bt S Scott (Chorley) pts; 6-rd light-middleweight: J Bosco (Bermondsey) bt J Mortimer (Clapham) rsf 4th; 6-rd light-middleweight C O'Shea (Islington) bt L Crocker (Swansea) rsf 1st; 6-rd light-welterweight: J Beard (Beckton) bt J Barker (Sheffield) rsf 3rd; 8-rd super-middleweight: J Cook (Peckham) bt C Christie (Birmingham) pts; 10-rd bantamweight: J Armour (Chatham) bt R Romero (US) ko 1st.

AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL: Scotland v England (Edinburgh): Flyweight: K Knox (Sco) bt M Horobin (Eng) pts; K Morrison (Sco) bt S Parry (Eng) pts; Bantamweight: J Murray (Sco) bt J Murphy (Eng) pts; Featherweight: B Carr (Sco) bt M Ward (Eng) pts; Lightweight: A Temple (Hartlepool) bt G Hughes (Sco) pts; Light-welterweight: L Rimmer (Salisbury) bt S McLevy (Sco) pts; J Pender (Sco) bt J Scanlon (Eng) pts; Welterweight: P Burns (Eng) bt A Craig (Sco) pts.

EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE (Orzinuovi, It): 12rd: V Belcastro (It) bt A Picardi (It) pts.