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Friday, July 22nd, 1949

The Castle, Boston, MA, USA

Friday Night Fights

Undercard

LHW: Bert Lytell 23-1 (2) UD 8 Justin Hayes 8-7-1
Lytell dominates the fight and scores a shutout as he improves to #15.

HW: Lou Brooks 17-3 (7) KO 7 Jimmy Carollo 10-8-4 (4)
Brooks got the better of the bout throughout and a big punch ended it in the 7th. Brooks remains #8 in the weak heavyweight division.

HW: Embrell Davidson 9-0 (6) KO 2 Susumu Murakami 10-8-1 (9)
Davidson was pretty cautious, but in the 2nd he landed big and ended the fight.

Live main event

HW: Rocky "The Brockton Blockbuster" Marciano 11-0 (10) vs Willie "Cadillac" James 11-3 (4)
8 rounds of boxing from Boston, USA.

The exciting young hard-hitter Rocky Marciano has been very impressive thus far in his career as his only non-KO victory came by decision, after scoring five (5!) knockdowns in the fight. His finest win came versus south-african Johnny Ralph (11-4-1, 5 KOs).

Round 1: Marciano quickly gets the ring cut off and lands a vicious hook. Marciano has patience and picks his moment to land another big hook, and a big right cross and he sees his opponent hurt. Many more big shots land in the rest of the round.
10-9 Rocky Marciano

Round 2: Marciano keeps on pounding James, but slowly James finds his rythm and lands a jab here and there. Small round for Rocky.
20-18 Rocky Marciano

Round 3: James keeps giving his best and hurts Marciano with a big shot, before Marciano lands some good shots of his own. James gets in another, that Marciano answers to with a big right. Some nice shots gets in for Rocky to win the round.
30-27 Rocky Marciano

Round 4: Marciano opens with great punches, then James stuns Rocky with some big shots, before Marciano lands his frightening straight right hand that sends Willie James to the canvas. He attempted, but was never getting up from that.

Rocky Marciano KO 4 Willie James

Another showing of his crazy power, as Rocky Marciano improves to 12-0 with 11 knockouts and is now ranked #4.