Sporting Digest: Boxing

JEFF HARDING, of Australia, will defend his World Boxing Council middleweight title against Jamaica's Mike McCallum in Bordeaux on 26 June.

ABA CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS (Birmingham): Light-flyweight: M Hughes (Gwent) bt M Crossan (Dennistoun) rsf 1st. Flyweight: P Ingle (Scarborough) bt P Shepherd (Sparta) rsf 2nd. Bantamweight: R Evatt (Triumph) bt G Nicette (Torbay) pts. Featherweight: J Cook (Maesteg) bt M McCrae (Fitzroy Lodge) ko 1st. Lightweight: B Welsh (Leith Victoria) bt V Powell (Army) rsf 3rd. Light- welterweight: P Richardson (Phil Thomas BS) bt R Wileman (Royal Navy) rsf 1st. Welterweight C Bessey (Army) bt S Roberts (West Ham) pts. Light-middleweight: D Starie (Hurstlea Kerridge) bt C Winter (Denbigh) ko 2nd. Middleweight: J Calzaghe (Newbridge) bt D Dorrington (National Smelting) pts. Light-heavyweight: K Oliver (Bracebridge) bt A Todd (Darlington) pts. Heavyweight: P Lawson (Repton) bt S Burford (Army) pts. Super-heavyweight: M McKenzie (Birmigham) bt R Allen (Preston) pts.