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July 12, 1912
Title Fights
MW - (WBC) Stanley Ketchel (CH) (33-8) caught George Chip (12/19) (17-2-1) (pre) in a corner in the 5th round and pummeled him until the ref stepped in. It was Ketchel's 2nd defense of the WBC MW Title.
Chip was doing okay up until that point as I had the fight 38-37.
LW - (CBU) Freddie Welsh (8/6) (22-8-1) was perfect in my book scoring a UD12 over George Keys (33/41) (17-1-2) for his 2nd defense of the CBU LW title. Pretty boring fight as Keys didn't win a round and there were no cuts or knockdowns.
I had it 120-108, as did one official judge. The other two judges had it 119-109 after giving Keys a pity round.
Other Fights
HW - Tommy Burns (48/35) (27-10-3) KO3 Jack O'Brien (13/24) (30-8-2) 19-19 (Burns gets screwed in the rankings as this should have put him back in the top 20)
LH - Bob Fitzsimmons (23/20) (40-5) TKO4 Andy McFadden (65/club) (7-12-1) (mcfadden at pre)
MW - Johnny Reagan (30/25) (19-2-1) UD10 Martin Mulverhill (65/71) (12-11-2)
LW - Young Erne (79/77) (20-10) MD10 Dave Wallace (117/118) (13-15) (Erne continues to disappoint)
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