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Daily News from New York, New York • 95

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mi Dennis Milton Randy bmith I WW t4. David Sears Johnny Williams 178-pound class Carl Williams C. Bodzianowski Heavyweights vs. it 'X 4 i i. IS 1 165-pound class school student who has been boxing for seven years.

His credits include two Golden Gloves championships, '80 CYO champion and one-time AAU tit-list Hi3 present record is four decisions. ISS-pounds Ramon Nieto, was a Golden Gloves finalist four times before winning it this year. Fronr downtown Brooklyn, he is employed not only as a hospital worker, but as a child-care worker. A member of the Lunar Boxing Club, his current tour- ney record is five decisions. He'll take on Brian Matthews of the Windy 21 and a six-year-vetwho won the Gol- den Gloves in Chicago in '77 and 78 and AAU titles in 77 and '80.

Matthews' currnet record is two decisions and two knockouts. 163-pounds Dennis Milton is 19, i he's a busboy from the Bronx and a three-time Golden Glover who fights Ramon Nieto Brian Matthews Mark Breland Ephriam Bennett 147-pound class 155-pound class; is 1 i "I 4 1 for the Police Athletic League's Webster Center. He reached the 165-pound Open semifinals last year and his current record is four decisions. He'll Roberto Meiia J. C.

Camell Jr. By TOxM II AN RAH AN CTHE BIG APPLE takes on the I Windy City at Madison Square Garden Monday night at 8 p.m., when amateur boxing's oldest rivalry picks up for the 39th time. The best 11 fighters from each city meet in the ring for a maximum of nine minutes for a subtle prize by pro standards some might even call it a quaint notion in an era of multi-million dollar pro purses the bragging rights to not only one of America's greatest towns, but two. And for New Yorkers, blessed with that unshakeably certain knowledge that there are some great towns in this country but only one you could properly call the greatest, the bouts are a terrific opportunity to engage in some local chauvinism. New York is not perfect, however; it has lost to Chicago 17 times over the years, winning on only 13 occasions.

Eight confrontations resulted in a stalemate. And the competition itself was suspended for 16 years, resuming in 1961, after a March, 1828 inauguration. Over the years such ring greats as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sonny Listen, Tony Zale and Floyd Patterson have fought for the Intercity title, and last year's card, a 6-5' loss to Chicago at Chicago, was the best series of bouts I have ever seen. The fighters are the Golden Gloves open class champs; they're experienced boxers, they're often highly conditioned and confident from their recent series of Gloves matches and they're also touched by an unusual emotion for fighters a sense that they represent their cities and that they are part of a team, part of the family of local fighters who make up the Golden Gloves in both towns. Here's a glance at the 11 contests slated to begin at 8 p.m.

at the Garden: 109 pounds Luis Gonzalez, a 19-year-old student at Castle Hill Trade School in the Bronx and a four-year Golden Gloves vet who beat Harlem's Mike Rosario, a three-time Gloves champ, in this year's finals, will take on Chicago's Tony Roberts. The Windy City native, a 16-year-old high school student, won. the Chicago light-flyweight title with a record of one decision and one knockout But Gonzalez, in addition to conquering the internationally ranked Rosario, knocked out his other opponents and Mr. Roberts had better be a savvy sweet sixteen or he'll leave New York one unhappy teenager. 112 pounds John Picart, a 17-year-old Seward Park High School sophomore from the lower East Side, is replacing champ Luis Hernandez, who withdrew from the tournament after his family moved out-of-state.

Picart won the 106-pound title in 1980 and is a member of the Times Square Athletic Club. His tournament record is one decision and one knockout His opponent from Chicago, Roosevelt McCul-lom, 24, won the Chicago Golden Gloves title in '78 and '80, topping last year's successes with a successful shot meet the Windy City's Randy Smith, 24, 1 of Fuller Park, Illinois, whose been boxing for six years and whose credits include Gloves championships from 1 77 to '80 along with CYO And Intercity i titles for the same years. Runner-up in the 1980 Olympic trials, his current record is three decisions. 1 7 3-pounds Queens' David Sears, 21, is the most tested member of the New York team, having six years of Gloves combat under his belt He reached the finals last year, losing to Porfirio Llanes via a TKO. But he avenged that defeat by decisioning Llanes in this year's finals.

His record: two knockouts and three decisions. He'll take his stuff against Chicago's Johnny Williams, a 21-year-old boxing Instructor whose titles include 78 CYO champ and '80 Ohio State Fair champ. This slugger's record is three knock- outs and one decision. This should be some contest. HsavywsCsht Carl Williams, 21, from Jamaica, Queens, is a member of the NYC Recreation Department's O'Connell Center and can punch like a cruise missile.

He won the New York M. Dominquez Primo Ramos 132-pound class per West Side, representing the Solar Sporting Club, compiled three knockouts and one decision in the New York Gloves. A five-year veteran, Dominguez reached the 132-pound Open finals last year. He's quick and possessed of remarkable accuracy with both hands. He'll take on Chicago's Primo F.

Ramos, who recently won the National Golden Gloves tournament A "real man-child" from Durango, Mexico, according to Chicago analysts, he has been boxing for just two years. His current record of three decisions and two knockouts give him the most wins on the Chicago squad. 1 3 9-pounds Roberto Mejia, 20, oi Inwood, was recently graduated from George Washington High School and is a member of the West Side Athletic Club. He had two wins in the 132-pound Sub-novice class last year before being felled by the flu. His current record is one knockout and four decisions.

His opponent will be the Windy City's J.C. Camell, a 16-year-old high school junior who has been boxing for four years and who says his ambition is "to be a member cf the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team in 1984." Hi3 present record is one knockout and one decision. 1 47-pounds Mark Breland is 17, a senior at Eastern District High School in Brooklyn who won the 139-pound Sub-novice title with five wins last year. A member of the Bedford Stuyve-sant Boxing Club, his current record is four knockouts.

He'll face Chicago's Ephriam Bennett a 19-year-old high 139-pound class took the CYO championship in 75, 79 and '80. Employed as a furniture salesman, his current record is two decisions and one knockout 119 pounds Tyrone Jackson, 20, is an apprentice butcher from Harlem whose uncle, Vinnie Shomo, is one of three men to have won the New York Golden Gloves four times. A member of the United Block Association, Jackson made it to last year's finals before triumphing this year. A four-year Glover, his current record is three knockouts and one decision. His Chicago nemesis will be Otis Thompson, a 17-year-old high school senior who was runner-up in the Chicago finals.

He'll jreplace Chicago champ Jessie Torres. (Thompson won the 112-pound novice title last year. His current tourney, record is two decisions. 1 23-pound Harlem's Wayne Anderton, an 18-year-old student at Manhattan Vocational Technical High School, is a member of the ENTER 25th Precinct team. This is his second year as a Glover and the stock-boy's current record is two knockouts and two decisions.

He'll face Chicago's Charlie Brown (yes, Charlie Brown), a 16-year-old from rural Silvis, Illinois, who has spent half his life boxing. That translates into more than 150 amateur bouts. "I went to the Chicago Gloves because I wanted to go to New York and fight in Madison Square Garden, where so many pro champs have fought" 132-pounds Michael Dominguez, a 24-year-old handyman from the up- Sub-novice heavyweight title last year with four decisions and his current tournament record is three knockouts and one decision. He'll most likely add another knockout to his record when he faces Chicago's Craig Bodzianowski, a 19-year-old construction worker with three years of boxing experience. He was the Chicago CYO champ in 79 and the Park District champin 79 and '80.

Current record: one knockout and two decisions. a a. at the Intercity title. In addition, he 4 i i Luiz Gonzalez Tony Roberts Wayne Anderton Charlie Brown Tyronne Jackson Otis Thompson John Picart R. McCullom 112-pound class i 19-pound class 105-pound class 125-pound class.

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