November 22, 1912
Title Fight
FW - Solly Smith (3/CH) (28-17-4) scored a TKO14 over Johnny Kilbane (2/4) (24-4-2) to win the vacant IBF FW title.
Smith cut Kilbane over the right eye in the 5th and after it was reopened three times and worsened twice the referee finally stopped the fight in the 14th round. Kilbane had a slight lead and had knocked Smith down in the 13th but the cut was just too bad to allow to continue.
Kilbane filed a protest which was immediately shot down ... the commissioner (me) told Kilbane that when you can house a small Korean family inside the cut, then the ref did the right thing to stop it.
I had it
125-124 at the stoppage ... the official judges saw it 125-123/125-123/124-124. Close fight. Smith wins his second title, he had won the WBC title back in 1907 with a UD15 over Abe Attell only to lose it to Aurelio Herrera
in his next fight by TKO12.
Title Tourney
MW - Billy Papke (3/1) (28-5) totally outclassed pre-prime William Sheriff (5/6) (17-1) en route to a TKO8. Papke won every second of the fight and dropped Sheriff in the 4th, 6th and 8th.
Sheriff (rolled a 30) was pre-prime for the fight. Papke will fight for the WBO MW title in February 1913 against the winner of next months fight between Jeff Clarke and George Chip. I had it
70-61 at the stoppage.
Other fights
LW - Jim Mitchell (35/35) (27-23-5) DRAW10 Jimmy Carroll (57/54) (25-17-5) (mitchell at post)
Carroll misses an easy opportunity to jump in the rankings
HW - Peter Jackson (2/2) (40-8-2) TKO5 Oscar Mortimer (143/146) (8-10-3)
Jackson's bum of the month tour continues
MW - Kid Broad (30/23) (19-5-2) MD10 George Robinson (UR) (10-2) (robinson at pre)
HW - Jack Garnder (club) (12-13-1) UD8 Jim Coffey (UR) (5-1)
78-73 (coffey at pre for this club fight)
Another undefeated fighter bites the dust