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The Prison Mirror
Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota
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The California Athletic Commission refused to sanction a bantamweight boxing match between Raul Macias of Mexico and Chamrern Songkitrat of Thailand as a world title fight but allowed 12 rounds at the Cow Palace. The NBA recognized the winner as champion and planned to present a belt, despite commission objections.
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San Francisco --(AP)-- The California Athletic Commission, it appeared Tuesday night, may have kept an ace buried in its bantamweight game with the National Boxing Association.
A fortnight ago the commission refused flatly to sanction Tuesday night's 118-pound class bout between Raul Macias of Mexico and Chamrern Songkitrat of Thailand as a world championship fight. It agreed, though, to permit the men to fight 12 rounds instead of 15 at the Cow Palace, provided it was not advertised as a title match.
Then the NBA, in concert with co-promoters Bennie Ford and the International Boxing Club, stepped in. It would, said the NBA, recognize the winner as world champion with president Tony Petronella personally giving him a belt symbolic of the title. And, to prove his group's sincerity,
Petronella flew in from his Rhode Island home Saturday bringing the ribboned belt in a jeweler's case.
Tuesday night the commission indicated it might refuse to permit Petronella to get into the ring for the presentation. Petronella, unperturbed by the hassle, said he'd do his duty in the winner's dressing room if needed.
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San Francisco, California
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Tuesday Night
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the fight was permitted for 12 rounds without title status by the commission; nba planned to award belt to winner despite potential restrictions on presentation.
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The California Athletic Commission refused to sanction the bout as a world championship but allowed it as a 12-round fight. The NBA, with promoters, recognized it as a title match and Tony Petronella brought a championship belt for presentation, possibly in the dressing room if commission blocks ring entry.