Boxing Snippets
Brian Mitchell was awarded the prestigious Ring Championship belt
Droeks Malan chats to Brian Mitchell who had a distinguished world championship reign which lasted 5 years and included 12 successful title defences. When Mitchell became the WBA and linear junior lightweight champion of the world, stopping Alfredo Layne in 10 rounds on a memorable night at Sun City in 1986, he was also recognised as world champion by The Ring.