ABA Champs - Fists and Fireworks

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1717A
Date Released
3 May 1962
Date Other
May 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aba Champs. DESCRIPTION: The best of Britain’s amateur fighting talent met at the Wembley Empire Pool for the ABA Championships. In the bantamweight final, Bennyworth met Rudkin. And when the points were added up, Bennyworth was acclaimed the winner. Victor of the middleweight final was Alf Matthews, seen here in combat with Derek Richards. The light-heavyweight championship provided the evening’s light relief. Contenders Hendrickson, born in the West Indies, and Dave Paley, happily slugged away at each other. It was Hendrickson who won the title. SHOTLIST: MS start of fight (3 shots) fight in progress. LAS ditto. (2 shots) fight in progress. LAS ditto. (2 shots) same. MCU spectators. MS Bennyworth wins fight. MS start of another fight Alf Matthews and Derek Richards. MS Richards goes down (3 shots), Richards gets up and fight goes on (2 shots), Richard goes down again (3 shots) Richards goes down and fight is stopped. CU spectator. MS start of another fight (3 shots) fight in progress. MLS ditto. LAS ditto. MS fight. LAS fight. MCU fight in progress. LAS ditto. MS Hendrickson wins and goes over to both corners.
Keywords
Sport; Boxing
Locations
London; England; Wembley
Card file number
84286
Credits:
Camera
Jim Godfrey
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
203
Story extras:
Film clip

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'ABA Champs - Fists and Fireworks', British Movietone News Issue No. 1717A, 3 May 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24618 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)