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January 23, 1913
Title fights
MW - (IBF) Mike Gibbons (CH) (23-0) remained undefeated with a TKO14 over Tom Norton (21/26) (18-4). Gibbons dominated Norton and then stopped him. Both of Norton's eyes were swollen shut and a cut over his right eye had been reopened 4 times. I had it 129-118. Gibbons is 3 wins away from tying Jack Dillon for 3rd spot on the all-time winning streak list.
HW - (ROW) George Rodel (UR) (9-1-1) (pre) scored a UD12 over James Couper (117/127) (12-7-3) (pre) to win the ROW HW title. An exciting match which saw both fighters down. Couper was down in the 1st and the 8th, while Rodel was down in the 5th. Rodel won the last half of the fight to score 115-109 on all three cards.
Other fights
WW - Joe Walcott (17/14) (29-17-7) MD10 Billy Myer (15/17) (35-11-4) 98-94
FW - Will Curley (24-12-3) UD10 Eddie Lenny (34/42) (18-11-5)
HW - Jack Howard (UR) (11-0) KO9 Jack Langley (127/137) (9-12-3) 79-73 (howard at pre)
WW - Willie Schaeffer (9/8) (23-4) UD10 Johnny Alberts (35/40) (12-4-2) (alberts at pre)
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