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Satuday, June 18th, 1949

Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT, USA

WW: Luther Rawlings 16-0 (3) UD 8 Ray Acosta 5-6-1
A simple win for Rawlings who scored a shutout on two of three cards as he improves to #10.

WW: Billy Graham 23-2 (4) UD 8 Monte Anderson 10-10-3 (4)
Another mismatch, as Graham takes an easy shutout on all cards as he overtakes Kid Gavilan for the #7 spot.

WW: Bernard Docusen 23-2 (5) KO 1 Hirokumi Ikeda 10-10-3 (3)
Docusen takes an impressive 1st round knockout against an impressive opponent as he remains #5 in the strong welterweight division.

Main Event (live)

FW: Willie "Will O' the Wisp" Pep 25-0 (16) vs Ray Ramon Alva 16-8-1 (5), 10 rounds

The brilliant Willie Pep, p4p #1, fights his third ever 10 rounder against mexican journeyman Ray Ramon Alva,

Round 1

Pep scores with short quick punches and this looks like a mismatch already. 10-9 Willie Pep.

Round 2

His speed is blinding at times, in another easy round for Pep. 20-18 Willie Pep

Round 3

Pep is very focused and disciplined, but in this kind of fight it probably wouldn't hurt him to cut loose a bit more, and the crowd seems to think this too. 30-27 Willie Pep.

Round 4

Alva gets in one of his very few punches, but Pep shows his counterpunching skills as he rips home a hook that sends Alva to the canvas for a 4-count. Pep got in some more punches, but couldn't finish it off. 40-35 Willie Pep

Round 5

Pep is handing out a beating here. It seems pointless to keep this fight going. Almost a 2-point round for Pep. 50-44 Willie Pep

Round 6

It almost seems like Pep wants this to go on as he lands at will, but for the most part just moves in and out, confusing Alva. 60-53 Willie Pep

Round 7

Alvas best round, still an easy one for Pep. 70-62 Willie Pep

Round 8

A beating. 80-71 Willie Pep

Round 9

Pep takes a breather for the full 3 minutes and as such the round is even. 90-81 Willie Pep

Round 10

Pep lands a couple of big shots, but Alva hangs on. 100-90 Willie Pep

Official scorecards read: 100-89, 100-89 and 99-90 all for Willie Pep.

Easy win, that shows his great skill and speed. Willie Pep is still #1 in the featherweights, and p4p as he improves his record to 26-0 with 16 knockouts.