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BW - Bill Baxter (12-10-1) MD10 Walter Croot (20-7-1)

FW - Ben Jordan (17-2) UD10 Charles Rochette (8-3)

After his shellacking at the hands of Johnny Griffin, this was a nice fight for Jordan.

He controlled it behind a crisp jab which Rochette had no answer to.

BW - Casper Leon (14-1-1) UD10 Ike Weir (7-8-0)

This comfortable victory for Leon (below left) made it 2-0 between the pair.

The Ulsterman had great difficulty piercing Leon's defence. He did score some success in the ninth round, landing some heavy right hooks, but overall it was Leon who held sway.

A European title challenge is high on the Italian's agenda.

LW - Jack Everhardt (15-2) UD10 Jabez White (9-11-1)

Everhardt put up a good performance against Jimmy Carroll last time out, he followed it through against White. He dominated from the start landing some powerful right hands.

European and Commonwealth Featherweight Title

Frank Murphy (18-8-5) STD11 Harry Spurden (8-3)

Murphy held on to his titles by the skin of his teeth.

There was very little action throughout the fight, with Murphy apparently going downhill, until the eleventh round when after an accidental clash of heads a huge gash opened on Murphy's forehead.

The ringside doctor called an immediate halt to the fight and the scorecards were called.

Murphy won by a split decision to which some at ringside disagreed. Spurden can have no real complaints, he was just not good enough to seperate a fading fighter from his titles.

World Bantamweight Final Eliminator

Johnny Murphy (22-3-1) UD12 Billy Plimmer (19-2-2)

American Champion Johnny Murphy (below right) will get another crack at George Dixon's World Bantamweight Title.

But this was not plain sailing for Murphy. The American had destroyed Plimmer in there previous meeting and the writing appeared to be on the wall when Murphy landed heavily in the first round.

For the next six rounds it was all Plimmer. Culminating in the seventh stanza when a right uppercut sent Murphy to the canvas for the fights first knockdown.

Murphy was behind on all cards but threw caution to the wind and swarmed all over the local boy. The fight turned in a moment and Murphy managed to level the knockdown count in the ninth round after a right cross landed flush on Plimmer's jaw.

Plimmer, still ahead on the cards, went into his shell and allowed Murphy to dominate the next two rounds. As the bell rang at the start of the twelth round it was all to play for.

Murphy made the fight his. Halfway through the round he landed a heavy right hook on Plimmer's jaw and sent him to the deck. Up at the eight count he walked into another right hand which sent him down again. The Englishman managed to hang on for the final two minutes but he had blown his chances. The crowd at the NSC were dismayed at seeing there man beaten after seemingly being in such control.