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Saturday, June 25th, 1949

San Diego Coliseum, San Diego, CA, USA

LHW: Eddie Cotton 12-0-1 (7) TKO 3 Jukka Nurmela 10-8-2 (3)
Cotton dished out a beating and the fight was correctly stopped. Cotton improves to #12.

HW: Wyszemir Bocian 9-5-1 (6) KO 2 Ighlas Coblah 20-5 (14)
Big upset in a crazy fight. Coblah did as expected by knocking Bocian down twice in the 1st, but then out of nowhere Bocian landed a wild uppercut and it was lights out for Coblah who was #9 going into the fight. Bocian is now #23, Coblah #24.

LW: Ike Williams 16-2 (9) UD 8 Pee Wee Swingler 13-4 (6)
Seemingly tough test overcome with impressive ease as Williams scored a knockdown in the 2nd and won a shutout decision. Williams improves to #6.

LW: Freddie Dawson 17-0 (1) UD 8 Afanasy Migin 10-9 (5)
Great perfomance from Dawson who scored two knockdowns and won a shutout as he improves to #4.

Co-Feature (live)

WW: Tommy Bell 24-0 (15) vs Joey Carkido 15-3-1 (5), 8 rounds

One of the great young welterweights in the impressive division takes on a very tough test in Joey Carkido.

Round 1

Bell is better early, Carkido late in a close round. 10-10

Round 2

A dull round with lost of clinching and noone taking control. Carkido did more work. 20-19 Joey Carkido

Round 3

Big round for Bell who stunned Carkido with some big shots. 29-29

Round 4

Bell looks great, and although Carkido got in some nice shots towards the end, it was his round. 39-38 Tommy Bell

Round 5

Carkido gets a point deducted for a low blow in another round too close to call. 49-47 Tommy Bell

Round 6

Big round for Bell. 59-56 Tommy Bell

Round 7

Crazy action round with both guys landing haymakers. Carkido gets cut late in the round from a hook. 69-66 Tommy Bell

Round 8

Carkido looks for a knockout and is punished in a big round for Bell. 79-75 Tommy Bell

We go to the scorecards: 77-75, 77-76 and 79-75 all for Tommy Bell.

Tommy Bell overtakes George Costner for the #1 spot in the welterweight division and improves to 25-0 with 15 knockouts.

Main Event (live)

LHW: Bob Murphy 23-0-1 (19) vs Simon Blezard 15-10 (6), 8 rounds

The light-heavyweight #1 should overcome Blezard.

Round 1

Only 20 seconds gone and Murphy sends Blezard to the canvas with a wild uppercut. Blezard gets up, and hangs on very well. 10-8 Bob Murphy

Round 2

Blezard looks very well as he gets the upper hand in exchanges and wins the round. 19-18 Bob Murphy

Round 3

Blezard is very active, but gets careless and is send to the floor from a great combination. He shows heart though, and survives the round. 29-26 Bob Murphy

Round 4

Murphy lands big punches easily and gets Blezard to the floor again 2 minutes into the round. He makes it to his feet once again though. Murphy pounds him and gets him down once again, but Blezard rises and is then saved by the bell. 39-34 Bob Murphy

Round 5

Murphy is struggling to find his range, but when he does he lands bigtime and hurts Blezard. When Murphy followed up and landed big punches, the referee decided he had seen enough.

Bob Murphy TKO 5 Simon Blezard

Bob Murphy keeps his #1 spot and improves to 24-0-1 with 20 knockouts.