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Saturday, June 11th, 1949

Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH, USA

FW: Jackie Graves 20-3 (15) UD 8 Guillermo Espinosa 13-10-1 (3)
Graves dominated the fight easily and almost scored a knockout as Espinosa was saved by the bell in the final round. Graves improves to #6 with a nice shutout.

MW: Artie Towne 21-1-1 (9) TKO 2 Cris Prieto 11-10 (4)
A slow 1st, was followed by a hammering in the 2nd as Towne went in for the kill after a knockdown and the referee ended it late in the round. Towne overtakes Raadik for the #3 spot.

Co-Feature and Main Event (live)

WW: Ray Robinson 21-0 (17) vs Ali Lumo 11-10-1 (1)
One of the many big welterweight prospects, the incredibly skilled and fast Ray Robinson, takes on unknown Ali Lumo whose biggest feats are losses to Tommy Bell and Bernard Docusen.

Round 1

Robinson measured the distance for the first two minutes, and he seemed to figure it out as he ended the round with big shots in bunches. 10-9 Ray Robinson

Round 2

Robinson started slow again, but this time only for a minute as he landed two hooks in quick succession to knock Lumo the floor. The second Lumo made it up, Robinson was all over him and with a clever combination to the body, Lumo was done.

Ray Robinson KO 2 Ali Lumo

Ray Robinson remains #4 in the welterweight division, and improves his record to 22-0 with 18 knockouts.

George Costner 24-0-1 (17) vs Jason Cragg 13-10-2 (2), 10 rounds

The #1 welterweight and #2 p4p George Costner should not struggle too much with canadian journeyman Jason Cragg in the first 10 rounder of his career. Costners athleticism, speed and power combination has impressed the whole world so far and he definately is one of the best boxers out there at the moment.

Round 1

After landing well early, a fantastic uppercut made Cragg kiss the floor only a minute into the fight. Able to get up, he tried to cover up, but Costner kept on firing and got his man down again and this time the canadian couldn't get up.

George Costner KO 1 Jason Cragg

Yet another proof of the incredibly talentfilled welterweight division, with a stunning 1st round knockout as Costner keeps his #1 spot and improves his record to 25-0-1 with 18 knockouts.