ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, Reuter: Leslie Stewart, enjoying the limelight but not resting on his laurels, makes the first defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA). Light Heavyweight title on Saturday against Virgil.

“The first month after won the title ‘was hectic”, said Stewart, who captured the crown when he stopped Marvin Johnson in the ninth round in his native Trinidad on May 23.

 

Article extracted from this publication >>  September 11, 1987