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November 25, 1911
Main Event
HW - George Christian (UR) (12-0) (pre) dominated James Couper (UR/77) (9-4-2) (pre) on his way to a UD12. It was his first defense of the AABU HW title.
Christian was in control the entire fight. He took the 10th round off and then knocked Couper down twice in the 11th. There were no cuts or swellings.
I had 119-107 as did all three judges
Title Eliminator
LW - Jack McAuliffe (3/2) (39-7-2) scored a KO5 over Abe Attell (8/11) (36-12-3) in the WBO title eliminator. McAuliffe will go on to face Jack Blackburn for the title in January 1912.
Attell was pretty much controlling the fight before the one punch KO, I had it 39-38 Attell.
Other fights
WW - Johnny Basham (UR) (12-0) scored an easy UD10 over Kid Alaska (43/47) (11-4-1) to remain unbeaten. It was an uneventful fight with no knockdowns, cuts or swellings. Basham won it easily on my card 99-92, the official judges had it 99-92/97-95/98-93.
HW - John Sulivan (36/28) (38-9) KO1 Billy Squires (77/88) (15-18-1)
LW - Mike Ward (58/51) (13-2-1) SD10 Billy Finucane (37/48) (15-13-4) (ward at pre, finucane stepped up to LW, Ward's AABU title was not on the line)
LW - Leach Cross (33/25) (14-12-1) UD10 Sam Bolen (16/26) (18-14-2)
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