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20th July 1893 - Madison Square Garden

Featuring World Lightweight title final eliminator and the American Bantamweight Title.

FW - Al Jansen (9-6) UD10 Joe Cain (3-8-1)

LW - George Taylor (15-2) UD10 Jack Hopper (12-9)

A good scrap!

The deciding moment came in the fourth round when Taylor landed a right hook which took Hopper to the canvas for a nine count.

FW - Rochester Tommy Dixon (12-1) UD10 Walter Edgerton (11-9)

Edgerton has to be the most frustrating fighter in boxing.

He dominated Dixon early on, non more so than in the third round when he totally outboxed his man and finished the round off by scoring the fights only knockdown.

Things seemed to be set fair for Edgerton, but oh no! He failed to win another round as he allowed Dixon to recover and then dominate the bout with a solid jab and hook to the body strategy.

Dixon has at least domestic honours in his sights.

FW - Mike Cushing (9-0-2) MD10 Cal McCarthy (21-5-3)

There were post fight rumours eminating from McCarthy's connections of an imminent retirement.

His is badly off form and would surely have dealt easily with Cushing at his prime.

American Bantamweight Title

Johnny Murphy (21-3-1)(Holder) KO9 Danny Dougherty (16-3-1)

For eight rounds Dougherty gave Murphy a boxing lesson.

In the ninth Murphy showed Dougherty the value of a knockout punch!

Dougherty had boxed beautifully and made Murphy look like a novice. He dominated from distance behind a crisp left jab. The holder new he was in trouble and opened up in the ninth round, he decked Dougherty with a right uppercut and no sooner had the challenger got to his feet he was flat on his back after a right hook.

Murphy will now meet the winner of next weeks bout in London between old foe Billy Plimmer and the novice Jack Hare.

World Lightweight Title final eliminator.

Jack McAuliffe (33-5-1) UD12 Jimmy Carroll (34-7-2)

After receiving the worst of a lopsided points verdict, Jimmy Carroll (below) called time on an illustrious career. The ex World Champion could never get to grips with his measured opponent.

McAuliffe, judging by his appearance, has turned over a new leaf of late. He dominated the bout landing heavy crosses and refusing to mix it with his dangerous opponent.

If McAuliffe's training camp goes well, he must enter the ring against current World Champion Bobby Dobbs as betting favourite.
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