telefight news . by Ron Olver . Walker and Pollard TV heroes . being on TV did n&apos;t do the London amateurs much good against south Poland , did it ? the score was 3-1 in our favour when we came on the air but then it became 3-4 , only for heavyweight Billy Walker to level it up . this was the only bout to end inside the distance , and once again Billy revealed his potential as one of our best heavyweight bets for the future . this was the first representative match to be televised from London this season , and contained all the usual controversies over decisions and refereeing . in the TV sessions there were two disputed verdicts , and as far as it is possible to judge through this medium Johnny Caiger was a trifle unlucky and Dennis Pollard , in spite of his terrific performance , was beaten by a better man . with regard to the refereeing , the Polish official seemed to go out of his way to stop the exchanges on the slightest pretext when the action was getting exciting . it must have been most frustrating to the boxers , and of course just as annoying to the spectators . rules are rules , but it is the interpretation that is important . a fussy referee can ruin a bout . there were southpaws galore in the Polish team . we saw three on TV and I understand there were at least two more . their national team is in the process of re-building and the accent is now on youth . best boxer . even so , I thought that Pietrzykowski , veteran of the side , was the best boxer on view in our 60-minute TV session . yet he was n&apos;t included in this year &apos;s European championships . why not ? well , Polish coach Felix Stam , referring to the omission of such stars as Pietrzykowski , Adamski , Drogosz and Pazdior in Belgrade , declared - they are too old . it is no use keeping them in the team just for the chance of winning here . we are preparing for 1964 ( the Olympic games ) , and it is no use starting to build up in 1963 . that &apos;s common sense of course , but Pietrzykowski ( why was n&apos;t he called Smith ) is still boxing well . he will be 32 in 1964 , but as Archie Moore would say . it &apos;s your ability , not your age , that counts . Poland has had a fine run of successes during the past three years . in the 1959 European championships they had three gold medals through the old firm of Drogosz , Adamski and Pietrzykowski . also silver medals through Dampe and Walasek , and a bronze medal through Jedrzewski . in the Olympics of the following year lightweight Pazdior won a gold medal ; Adamski , Walasek and Pietrzykowski gained silver medals ; Bendig , Kasprzyk and Drogosz won bronze medals . so to this year &apos;s European championships , when Poland omitted some of their stars in favour of younger men . yet they did n&apos;t do at all badly . Walasek won a gold medal , Gutman was bantam finalist ( he outpointed Johnny Head in a featherweight bout last week ) and three boxers reached the semi-finals , Kasprzyk , Jozefowicz and Gugniewicz . we must remember that iron curtain countries have the advantage of keeping their lads together as amateurs throughout their careers . how can Britain think about building a team for 1964 when the stars invariably turn professional . one only has to consider Britain &apos;s team in last year &apos;s Olympics . those who have since turned pro are flyweight Danny Lee , featherweight Phil Lundgren , light-welter Bobby Kelsey , light-middle Willie Fisher and cruiser Johnny Ould . and now comes the news that Frankie Taylor is turning pro shortly . heavyweight Dave Thomas and middle Roy Addison have retired , leaving only Dick McTaggart and Jim Lloyd . so it looks like almost a complete new British team for the 1964 games , whereas the iron curtain countries will be able to call upon their established stars as usual . one of our best men at the moment is Billy Walker , but I &apos;ll bet that Billy will be a professional long before then . and who can blame him ? will to win . one of those who looks like going places is cruiserweight Dennis Pollard , who fought like a tiger against Pietrzykowski . Dennis has the will to win , and that &apos;s exactly what we want in these representative matches . he was not bothered by his opponent &apos;s reputation - simply went into the attack , and kept attacking . no wonder the crowd rose to Pollard and on that form he would assuredly have beaten anyone less experienced than the triple European champion . we shall now look forward to the Great Britain v America match , part of which will be televised by the BBC next Thursday . no doubt we shall have the opportunity of seeing Walker and Pollard in action again then . tomorrow &apos;s grandstand bout features Sugar Ray Robinson against Denny Moyer , which Robinson won on points . there is absolutely nothing that the average fight fan does not know about Robinson , but here are the statistical details in his chequered career . Sugar Ray Robinson . born Detroit May 3 , 1920 . turned pro in 1940 , gaining 40 straight wins before losing to Jake LaMotta in 1943 . signed to meet Marty Servo for the world &apos;s welter crown on August 10 , 1946 , but the bout was twice postponed and eventually Servo retired . Robinson was then matched with Tommy Bell , and won on points on December 20 , 1946 . on February 14 , 1951 , Robinson kayoed Jake LaMotta to win the world &apos;s middleweight crown , and gave up his welter title . Ray lost the middleweight championship to Randolph Turpin in 1951 , regained it the same year . in 1952 he was kayoed by Joey Maxim in a world &apos;s cruiserweight title bout , and announced his retirement from the ring in December of that year . came back in 1955 and won the world &apos;s middleweight title from Carl Olson . successfully defended it against Olson in 1956 , lost it to Gene Fullmer in 1957 , regaining it in the same year . lost to Carmen Basilio in 1957 , regaining it from Basilio in 1958 . lost it to Paul Pender in 1960 , and was beaten again by Pender in a return . has had two shots at Gene Fullmer &apos;s NBA crown , in 1960 ( a draw ) and last March ( lost on points ) . only previous bouts this year - lost to Fullmer and outpointed Wilf Greaves . overall record . bouts 158 , won 145 , drawn 3 , lost 9 , no decision 1 . Denny Moyer . born Portland August 8 , 1939 . French-Irish parentage . as an amateur won the American AAU welter title in 1957 . comes from a fighting family . Father Harry was a pro , brother Phil turned pro on the same date as Denny August 17 , 1957 . Uncle Tommy was a good amateur and is now a promoter in Portland , having staged many of Denny &apos;s fights . won 20 straight bouts , then was matched with Don Jordan for the latter &apos;s world welter crown . lost on points in his home-town . bout was promoted by his uncle . has beaten many notable fighters , like former world &apos;s champions Paddy DeMarco , Tony DeMarco , Virgil Akins , Johnny Saxton and Emile Griffith . has also defeated the present world &apos;s welter champ Benny Paret . is now a middleweight , and rated by boxing news as the world &apos;s no 10 . Robinson holds down the no 4 spot . this year &apos;s record - outpointed Willie Morton , Charley Scott and Dulio Nunez . outpointed by Jorge Fernandez and Nunez . overall record . bouts 35 , won 29 , lost 6 . do n&apos;t forget to watch Sportsview next Wednesday for film coverage of the John Caldwell-Alphonse Halimi world &apos;s bantam title fight . and a running commentary on this contest will be given next Tuesday evening in the light programme . next live pro item will be the Maurice Cullen-Guy Gracia bout from Newcastle on November 13 . next for grandstand : Oct 28 Sugar Ray Robinson v Denny Moyer . Nov 4 Teddy Wright v Farid Salim . Nov 11 Alejandro Lavorante v Billy Hunter . Nov 18 Carlos Ortiz v Paolo Rosi . sports editor Laurie Higgins and schools ABA Secretary Pat Martin combine on October 30 for another of ITA &apos;s interesting boxing instructional series in seeing sport . Brown keeps title . champion floors Somodio twice to take unanimous verdict . Joe Brown , 35-year-old American holder of the world &apos;s lightweight crown , kept his title at Quezon City , Manila , last Saturday , with an easy points verdict over 15 rounds against Filipino Bert Somodio . Brown floored his man twice , for a no-count in the fifth and for nine in the eleventh . it was a unanimous decision . this was Brown &apos;s tenth successful title defence . a capacity crowd of around 30,000 in the Areneta coliseum gave their local favourite Somodio plenty of vocal support , but although he started well and put in a good finish there could be no doubt of Brown &apos;s superiority . there was very little positive action in the first four rounds , with Brown content to let his opponent force the pace . in the fourth , particularly , Somodio scored with hard rights to the mid-section . then the champ decided that he had learned enough about his man to take the offensive , and opened up with a series of two-handed attacks , culminating in a right to the jaw that put Somodio down on one knee . the 27-year-old Filipino got up immediately but was obviously shaken . then in the seventh Brown again shook his man with a right cross and opened up a cut on his opponent &apos;s left eye . Brown kept on top with clever boxing and ringcraft , and in the eleventh caught Somodio with a right-left to the paw that put him down again . this had its effect on the Filipino , who slowed considerably in the next two or three rounds . Brown used his full repertoire of punches , jabbing and uppercutting to good effect , and was well on top now . Somodio went down slowly in a sort of delayed-action fall , taking several backward steps before going to the canvas near the ropes . but somehow he struggled up at nine , although all the fight had been taken out of him now . the Filipino tried hard to put in a storming finish , but his attacks were nearly all neatly countered by the clever champion . both men received a fine ovation from an enthusiastic crowd . Brown has held his crown since August 1956 , when he outpointed Wallace Bud Smith . but he still seem reluctant to meet Carlos Ortiz , one-time winner over Dave Charnley , and like the latter , a leading contender for Joe &apos;s title . big chance for Wemhoener . no shortage of work in Germany , writes Gerry Mann . tonight there are top shows at Munich and Hamburg . at the former venue two near-veterans in Dieter Wemhoener and Helmut Bull battle it out for the vacant German cruiser crown . at the latter Karl the great Mildenberger tackles American Wayne Bethea . then on November 11 comes the Erich Schoeppner v Hans Kalbfell clash for the former &apos;s German heavyweight title , and in Frankfurt on November 24 Mildenberger is likely to top the bill . Wemhoener has always boxed in the shadow of his more famous stablemate Gustav Scholz , and at the age of 31 must have been thinking that his big chance had gone by . but the vacating of the cruiser crown by Erich Schoeppner has left the door open for Wemhoener or his 30-year-old opponent Helmut Ball to annex the national title . two years ago Wemhoener went to Milan and outpointed Italian cruiser Giulio Rinaldi on his own doorstep . Rinaldi went on to fight for the world &apos;s title . why manager Fritz Gretzschel did n&apos;t cash in on this victory and challenge Schoeppner right then must remain a mystery . instead Dieter went on his victorious way against continental opposition , slipping only twice - when he was kayoed by Lennart Risberg in Stockholm last November and this year when he was held to a draw by Frenchman Diouf . Helmut Ball , with American experience , got a shot at Schoeppner instead and was narrowly outpointed . he can not match Wemhoener for skill , but punches hard enough to put away any cruiser in Europe . this fight looks like being the survival of the fittest , but we &apos;ll go along with Wemhoener on account of his superior skill . in the main support heavyweight Ulli Nitzschke tackles American Frankie Daniels in a return ( Daniels won last time on points ) and lightweight champion Conny Rudhof opposes Zykaris Taki . 