Heavyweights Clash

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1578

Date Released

31 Aug 1959

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heavyweights Clash. DESCRIPTION: At Porthcawl, former British champion Joe Erskine (of Cardiff) met a worthy opponent in southpaw Bruno Scarabellin (Italy’s champ). Victory went to Erskine on points. Same night, Henry Cooper meets Gawie de Klerk (South African champion) in a fifteen-round contest, in which the referee stopped the fight, so it was victory for Cooper. SHOTLIST: Erskine walks from corner (key). LS fight. CU fight. MS same. CU same. MS same. CU same. MS same. CU same. End of fight. Slip pan. Cooper v de Klerk. CU fight. MS same. CU same. CU de Klerk knocked down. CU referee counting. Fight - knock down. De Klerk down again. Fighting. End of fight.

Keywords

Sport; Boxing

Locations

Wales

Card file number

78015

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

132

Story extras:

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