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DETROIT - A capacity crowd tonight witnessed a display of incredible boxing this evening, as Muhammad Ali literally ran circles around an overmatched Joe Goss en route to a unanimous decision victory in tonight's Main Event. The only drama was whether Ali would vanquish his foe before 8 frames were in the book, as he had predicted earlier in the week. It appeared he was en route to such a result, dumping Goss to the canvas in round 7, with Goss clearly in trouble throughout rounds 7 and 8. But Goss hung tough, and while he never truly had Ali in any trouble at any point tonight, he did earn a measure of respect from the appreciative crowd for making it to the end of the contest. Ali made a strong statement tonight that he will be an extremely difficult foe for any unfortunate opponent in the PBF.

On tonight's undercard, Jimmy Elliot had little trouble dispatching Dan Donnelly in 10 rounds of action, winning nearly every round on each judge's card in a fight devoid of shenanigans. Perhaps Elliot has learned that he needn't resort to low blows to achieve the results he desires. In a preliminary bout, Tommy Chandler knocked the monkey from his back by stopping Morris Grant in a 6 round TKO. Fans of the UoLBA will remember that it was Grant who toppled Chandler from the top 10 with a shocking display of superior power that ultimately sent Chandler to KO-land. The fight tonight, however, was never in doubt, as Chandler took Grant to the woodshed the entire match.

Here are complete results from Detroit's Arena Gardens:

January 12, 1890
HW: Muhammad Ali 12-0-0 (3) UD12 Joe Goss 12-0-0 (1)
HW: Jimmy Elliot 11-1-0 (3) UD10 Dan Donnelly 10-1-1 (2)
HW: Charles Cooley 8-2-2 (0) UD8 Primo Carnera 9-3-0 (1)
HW: Tommy Chandler 8-4-0 (1) TKO6 Morris Grant 5-5-2 (0)
HW: Jim Daly 9-3-0 (0) KO6 Bill Farnan 8-2-2 (2)
HW: Art Bayliss 2-9-1 (0) UD4 Truck Hannah 1-11-0 (0)

CHICAGO - Wrigley Field hosted January's "other" Main Event of the month, as fight fans were treated to an entertaining main event bout between Joe Choynski and Tom Allen. Allen had Choynski in trouble early, and it looked like "The Chrysanthemum" would wither on the vine. But Choynski woke up in round 5, sending Allen into the ropes with a stinging barrage that opened a wound over Allen's left eye. The fight seesawed from this point, but Allen's wound put him on the defensive, as his sight was hampered by the blood flow. Choynski set to work on the left side of Allen's face, not only tearing the cut further, but tatooing a frightful mass of swelling to the left side of Allen's face. Round 10 found Allen with little left in the tank, and with 1:03 left in the round and blood continuing to flow freely from the cut, the referee Rudy Battle had seen enough, stopping the action and awarding the TKO victory to Choynski.

Tonight's action was not without controversy as well, as Dan Dwyer escaped with a Draw against James Figg in an earlier contest. Two point deductions to Figg for low blows cost him the fight, as he had Dwyer down 3 different times in the contest, twice in the final round.

Complete results from Wrigley Field in Chicago:

January 1, 1890
HW: Joe Choynski 10-1-1 (3) TKO10 Tom Allen 10-2-0 (2)
HW: James Figg 8-4-0 (3) Draw10 Dan Dwyer 8-2-2 (1)
HW: Joe Goddard 10-2-0 (2) UD8 Jack Boylan 10-2-0 (0)
HW: James Dalton 7-5-0 (1) TKO4 Lonnie Clark 4-7-1 (0)
HW: Mike Brennan 8-4-0 (1) KO4 Fred Crossley 8-3-1 (1)