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Saturday, March 5th, 1949
Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, PA, USA
MW: Joey Giardello 7-0 UD 8 Pedro Rivera 9-8
Another simple win for the young middleweight, fighting in his hometown.
MW: Artie Towne 20-1-1 (8) KO 1 Kurt Tandy 11-8-2 (1)
Stunningly quick victory and what looked like a good test for Artie Towne, who moves up the #3 in the middleweight division.
BW: Luis Galvani 22-0 (12) KO 2 Stan DeBurge 8-8-5 (2)
Another very quick and easy victory. The cuban Luis Galvani sticks to his #1 slot in the bantamweight ranks.
HW: Rocky Marciano 10-0 (9) KO 1 Tokimune Maekawa 10-9-1 (6)
This young hard-hitter needed just one punch to lay out Maekawa. Marciano joins the rankings at an impressive #6.
WW: Tommy Bell 23-0 (14) UD 8 Jean-Jacques Poirot 10-9-3 (2)
Bell won all but one round in an easy win, although he never managed to send Poirot to the canvas or hurt him badly. Bell overtakes Fernandez for the #2 position in the welterweight rankings.
Main Event
LHW: Tommy Yarosz 23-1 (5) TKO 7 Declan Pybus 11-11-5 (2)
Great perfomance from Yarosz who pounded Pybus from the get-go and never took breaks. Pybus did well to last until the 7th. Yarosz regains the #1 position.
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