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Friday, March 16, 1900
Heavyweight Bout...12 rounds…Chicago
Frank Childs…#8 contender
- United States
- Record: 25-8-1 (16)
- Career stage: prime
- Conditioning: top condition
George Byers...#9 contender
- United States
- Record: 14-5-2 (6)
- Career stage: prime
- Conditioning: top condition
Fight Stats
- Result: Childs KO3
- Knockdowns scored: Childs 2, Byers 0
- Punching accuracy: Childs 41.7%, Byers 12.7%
- Scoring: 20-17, 20-17, 20-17 all for Childs
Fight recap:
Byers went down for a nine count just 52 seconds into the fight. He did hang on as Childs couldn’t finish him off. Round 2 saw more of the same with Childs pounding on an obviously hurt Byers. Childs continued to beat up on Byers and KO’d him with a big left hook in round 3. This short bout was all Childs.
Historical bout:
Six round draw.
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