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Coulon sneaks past Murphy
I am going to list the before and after rankings now on the fight cards listed as (before/after) all rankings will be the WBA rankings unless it's a title fight for another organization. Also I will list my scorecard on the fights I watch in bold.
June 22, 1910
Johnny Coulon (CH) (23-3-2) decided before the fight to fight outside defensively and he stuck to his game plan and scored a squeaky MD15 over Johnny Murphy (4/4) (16-2-1) to retain his WBC Bantamweight title.
Coulon fought outside defensively in 12 out of the 15 rounds (that's a first as far as sticking to one strategy for me) and built a big lead early to win this fight. Coulon took 5 out of the first 6 rounds and Murphy couldn't get inside to land power shots. Slowly though Murphy started to find his range and came storming back. I had Murphy winning 5 straight rounds at one point. Coulon had a good 14th and the 15th was anybodys to take.
No cuts or knockdowns in this one. Murphy had a little swelling around his right eye late in the fight.
I had it 143-142 for Murphy. Max Davis, ringside expert, had it 144-141 Coulon. The official judges had it 143-142/143-143/143-142.
The commissioner of the LBA (me) has decided that if Murphy wins his next fight then he gets a rematch against Coulon by years end.
On the 4 fight card, undercard
BW - Cockney Cohen (42/42) (9-7-4) DRAW10 Harry Forbes (14/14) (17-16-7)
MW - George LaBlanche (17/15) (20-18-4) MD10 Young Kid Broad (25/32) (11-5) (lablanche at post, Broad at pre)
LW - Danny Duane (12/11) (15-10-3) UD10 Eddie Carroll (UR) (9-4) (duane at one time was 2-8-1)
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