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August 1908 title fights
Four pretty good matches this month
HW - (LBF) Peter Jackson (27-5) vs #3 James Corbett (25-7-2) (Jackson won a UD10 in 1901)
MW - (LBC) Charles McCoy (20-7-3) vs #2 Rube Ferns (22-10) (Ferns tries to win the title at MW after going 0-4 in WW title bouts)
WW - (LBA) Honey Mellody (14-12) vs #5 Tommy West (12-2-1)
FW - (LBC) Young Corbett (15-12-4) vs #1 Aurelio Herrera (12-6) (rematch of April's controversial stoppage, 3rd match between the two with each winning one)
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