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Saturday, June 18th, 1949

Savoy Hotel, London, England

FW: Ronnie Clayton 20-2 (8) UD 8 Vincent Oakley 6-7-2 (1)
Clayton scored two knockdowns and probably could have ended it, but insted scored a shutout win as he remains the #8 featherweight.

MW: Dave Sands 19-1 (10) SD 8 Sugar Boy Nando 7-2
Sands struggled a bit, but always seemed in control against a tough opponent. It is a mystery how one judge saw this fight for Nando. Sands improves to #4.

HW: Jack Gardner 8-0 (5) KO 5 Phil Holloway 11-6 (4)
Great things are expected from Jack Gardner as he has already defeated some strong heavyweights, most notable is his knockout win against #4 at the time Freddie Schott and his decision against Joe Muscato. As such this looked like a big upset as Holloway dominated Gardner for 4 rounds and even put him to the floor in the 3rd. Gardner proved that he should never be ruled out though, as he only needed one punch and it was lights out for Holloway. Unimpressive, but Gardner stays undefeated.

FLY: Terry Allen 18-1 (2) UD 8 Terry Holt 9-7-5 (1)
The flyweight #2 did not look impressive, but did enough to take the win and stay high in the rankings.

HW: Bruce Woodcock 20-1 (17) KO 5 Pedro Santos 11-12-1 (3)
Nice fight as Woodcock hammered Santos to the floor in the 1st, but was in return put down by Santos, for the 3rd time of Woodcocks career i might add, in the 2nd. The 3rd had both fighters looking to recover, before Woodcock landed another power punch to floor Santos in the 4th and in the 5th it was a slaughter as he sent the argentine down three times to win by knockout. Woodcock remains #3 in the heavyweight division.

Main Event

HW: Don Cockell 19-0-1 (9) UD 8 Amente Mensah 9-7-3 (6)
Cockell struggled as all was even after four, but Cockell took control with a knockdown in the 5th and in the end scored a decision, although not a wide one. Cockell remains #2 in the heavyweight division.