Sporting Digest: Boxing
HIROSHI KAWASHIMA, of Japan, won a unanimous decision over Jose Luis Bueno, of Mexico, in Yokohama yesterday to take the World Boxing Council super-flyweight title.
HECTOR CAMACHO, the three-times former world champion who has lost his last three fights, won a unanimous decision over Franco Diorio in a 10- round middleweight bout in Bay St Louis, Mississippi, on Tuesday night.
ABA FINALS (Birmingham): Light-flyweight: G Jones (Sefton) bt D Fox (RAF) pts. Flyweight: D Costello (Hollington) bt O Spensley (RAF) pts. Bantamweight: S Oliver (Finchley) bt J McLean (Basingstoke) rsf 2nd. Featherweight: D Pithie (Willenhall) bt S Smith (Repton Cedar St) pts. Lightweight: A Green (Phil Thomas School of Boxing) bt I Smith (St Pancras) pts. Light-welterweight: A Temple (Hartlepool Boys Welfare) bt R Edwards (St Patrick's) rsf 3rd.
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