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December 23, 1911

Main Event

HW - Pearce Henry (6/4) (18-0) (CBU) (pre) survived disasterous 4 round stretch to win the IBO HW title by KO7 over Paul Samson-Korner (18/26) (18-3) (EBU) (pre).

Henry won the first round then things took a bad turn for him. Samson-K won the second, swelled up Henry's eye with a big 3rd round, won the 4th and then dropped Henry twice in the 5th scoring 44 points but the ref didn't stop it.

Samson-K was out of endurance after the 5th and Henry dropped him in the 6th then KO'd him in the 7th. I had it 57-54 Samson-K at the stoppage.

Next year I will probably keep track of great fights for a fight of the year award.

Regional Title

MW - Al McCoy (UR/3) (15-0) (USBA) (pre) scored an easy KO5 over George Brown (UR) (9-4) (pre) to win the IBO title. Brown is the only EBU fighter and the commissioner (me) decided to let him fight for the IBO title since the only other regional fighter (Jake Ahearn) was unavailable to fight.

McCoy dominated the first 4 rounds then KO'd Brown in the 5th. Brown was down twice in the 4th also. I had it 40-34 at the stoppage.

Other fights

LH - Eddie Palmer (UR) (7-0) (pre) stepped up to LHW and scored a UD8 over Cat Eye (UR) (4-4-3) (pre) to remain unbeaten. Eye was down in the 5th and 7th. I had it 78-72 as did two judges, the third one had it 77-73.

BW - Terry Edwards (UR) (12-0-2) (pre) scored a UD10 over Young Johnson (66/68) (9-13-1) (pre) to remain unbeaten. Edwards suffered a cut over his left eye in the third and his corner did a good job of keeping it under control the rest of the way. I had it 98-91, the judges had it 98-92/98-92/96-94.

LW - Willie Ritchie (20/16) (19-4-3) UD10 Yank Kenny (67/82) (11-8) (kenny at pre)

LW - Charley Neary (UR/43) (11-3-1) TKO6 Harry Pidgeon (85/87) (16-4-2) (both at pre)