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January 18, 1913
Title Bout
BW - (WBA) Johnny Coulon (CH) (35-4-2) was near perfect in his UD15 over Monte Attell (3/3) (24-8-2). There were no knockdowns or cuts but Coulon dominated the fight. The scores were 150-137/149-137/147-141. This was his 5th defense of the WBA BW title.
Title Tourney
LH - (WBC-first round) Frank Girton (4/3) (17-3) continued to impress with a MD12 over Battling Levinsky (12/17) (17-2) (pre) to advance to the second round of the WBC title tourney. There were no knockdowns or cuts but Girton controlled the action. The scores were 114-113/114-114/115-114.
Other Fights
FW - Ben Jordan (47/39) (19-7-4) KO4 Kid Julian (37/45) (11-4-1) (Julian at pre)
WW - Harry Lyons (13/11) (37-20-1) MD10 Charles Gleason (30/34) (19-5) 96-93 Lyons down in his first WW bout
HW - John Dwyer (63/52) (33-14-1) KO1 Jack Fitzgerald (123/130) (11-6-1) (fitz at pre)
LW - Benny Leonard (UR) (9-0) UD8 Mark Higgans (club) (4-16-3) 80-72 (leonard at pre in this club fight)
Lyons 58 fights is the most by any fighter in the LBA ... Young Griffo is right behind him with 57 and 6 fighters have 56
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