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Saturday, August 11, 1900

World Featherweight Championship Bout…15 rounds…Melbourne, Australia

Tim Hegarty…Champion
  • Australia
  • Record: 29-4-1 (10)
  • Age: 23
  • Career stage: prime
  • Conditioning: top condition

Tommy Warren…#6 contender
  • United States
  • Record: 59-7-1 (38)
  • Age: 34
  • Career stage: end
  • Conditioning: top condition

Fight Stats
  • Result: Hegarty UD15
  • Knockdowns scored: Hegarty 1, Warren 1
  • Punching accuracy: Hegarty 438/1524 (29%), Warren 202/596 (34%)
  • Scoring: 145-138, 143-141, 147-137 all for Hegarty

Fight recap
Hegarty came into the fight with some big advantages. He was the champ, he was 13 years younger, and he was fighting in his own country. Both fighters appeared to be in top shape.

The first three rounds easily went to Hegarty and he dropped Warren for a three count in the 2nd round. Warren turned things around in the 4th when he knocked Hegarty down with a quick left hook. Hegarty was up at the count of six. The rest of the fight was pretty much all Hegarty, although Warren definitely won the 9th round.

The story of this fight was the punch count. Hegarty threw an amazing number of punches, almost 1600. Even though Warren was more accurate, Hegarty landed over twice as many, 438 to 202. Hegarty easily won a unanimous decision and successfully defended his title for the first time.

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