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15th June 1893 - National Sporting Club, London
Featuring the World Bantamweight Title
LW - Billy Dacey (18-14-1) TKO1 Paddy Lee (0-10-2)
MW - Dick Moore (4-19-1) MD10 Anthony Diamond (6-4)
MW - Jack Fogarty (20-9-2) KO6 Ted Pritchard (9-3)
As his previous fight against McCarthy illustrated, Pritchard lacks nothing in the bravery department.
Pre fight you couldn't get odds about Fogarty (below left), but Pritchard let him know he was there by landing a right uppercut and sending the visitor to the ropes.
Fogarty, never one to shirk the issue, stepped up the pace in the next six minutes and landed a right hoook to put Pritchard on his backside for a five count.
The end came in the sixth stanza, Pritchard was running on empty and stumbled into a thunderous right uppercut, game over.
LW - Samuel Blakelock (14-4-1) UD10 Dick Burge (8-4)
When the scorecards were announced there was only a couple of points between the pair, the gulf in class was far wider.
Blakelock (below centre) hardly broke out of a sweat and dominated Burge behind his left jab.
FW - Johnny T Griffin (16-5-2) TKO5 Ben Jordan (16-2)
Jordan, the darling of the NSC, received a terrible beating.
The once beaten Englishman, who had demolished Tommy White in his previous bout, played right into Griffin's (below right) hands.
The American started brightly landing some dazzling combinations, by the fifth round he was well on top with Jordan deciding to stand his ground and trade with his bigger hitting opponent.
Griffin needed no encouragement to 'go to war' and after landing a salvo of heavy right hooks and crosses the referee stepped in and ended the carnage.
Griffin is now only one step away from a challenge to Young Griffo's World belt.
World Bantamweight Title
George Dixon (30-3) (Holder) V George Corfield (8-0-2)
The third defence of his title by Dixon.
Both fighters look in excellent shape.
There were no pre fight odds available for Dixon.
Although unbeaten, Corfield has never fought anyone of note.
Rd 1 - Corfield had the audacity to land the fights first decent blow, this woke up Dixon who took it upon himself to hammer home three big right hooks before the bell. Dixon (10-9)
Rd 2 - All Dixon! There is a huge gap in class, the bookies were right.
Rd 4 - Dixon goes to work on his opponent, landing right hands as he pleases, with a minute left in the round he sends over a rapier right cross sending Corfield to the canvas. The Englishman beats the count but referee Newman has seen enough and ends the drubbing.
An easy nights work for Dixon.
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