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McCarthy wins first IBO title
December 2, 1911
Main Event
MW - Frank Klaus (CH) (24-6-1) survived a first round knockdown to win a TKO8 over Jack McGee (15/20) (16-4) for his 8th defense of the WBA title which he has held since September of 1909.
Klaus routinely goes down. This is the 25th time he has been down in his career including the 6 knockdown win over Bob Turnball. He always gets up though. He cut McGee over the right eye in the 4th and the cut just kept getting worse until the fight was stopped in the 8th.
I had it 67-66 Klaus at the stoppage.
Title Fight
FW - Cal McCarthy (5/3) (22-6) (USBA) won the first ever IBO title with a TKO12 over Patsy Kline (21/25) (12-7-2) (CBU). The IBO title is only fought for in December and it matches the two best regional champs. Loser keeps his regional title.
McCarthy dominated the fight and won every round. Eventually the swelling of Kline's left eye stopped the fight. I had it 110-98 at the stoppage.
Other fights
HW - Sailor Burke (10/5) (16-0) remained unbeaten with a MD10 over Jerold Black (55/71) (13-7). Burke controlled the fight but there were several close rounds. I had it 99-95, while the official scores were 98-94x2 and 96-96.
MW - Gus Christie (UR) (5-0-1) remained unbeaten with a TKO1 over Dick Sandall (club) (14-27-2). Christie jumped all over Sandall and stopped the fight with no cuts or knockdowns.
BW - Casper Leon (59/59) (18-19-6) DRAW10 Watty Austin (29/29) (17-14-4) (Leon at post)
LW - William Parker (38/30) (13-1-2) KO9 Joe Heiser (86/89) (11-7-1) (both at pre)
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