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Apr. 6, 1928: "Friday Night Fights" series journeys to the War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse, New York. Featured bout is a 10-rounder between top LW contender "the Fargo Express," Billy Petrolle, and Tommy O'Brien, a former USBA LW Champion, and it turns out to be a good one. Petrolle lands a big hook in round three but O'Brien counters with a huge hook of his own, and Petrolle takes a seat on the canvas. A round later, Petrolle retaliates, putting O'Brien down with a barrage of blows after using a right cross to set up the knockdown. Petrolle has the edge heading into the later rounds as O'Brien's left eye begins to swell. O'Brien rebounds with a strong round seven, and this time Petrolle has his right eye start to puff up from the sting of the accumulated punches. Then, in round nine, Petrolle hammers away and nails O'Brien with a big shot for his second KD of the fight. The late knockdown seals a UD 10 win for Petrolle (96-90, 95-91, 95-91). The win boosts Petrolle to 24-2-2 (16) overall while O'Brien slips to 33-13-4 (16).

Apr. 7, 1928: The action moves to Exhibition Gardens in Vancouver, Canada. Jimmy Goodrich is defending his NABF LW crown against newly-crowned USBA king Ray Miller. Slight edge to Goodrich after the first three rounds. Miller, trailing, comes on strongly with a huge round eight, and Goodrich has a rapidly swollen left eye as a result. It's a good fight to the finish, no cuts or knockdowns. The scorecards reveal a wide divergence of opinion among the three judges, and Goodrich manages to escape with a SD 12 win (112-117, 118-111, 117-112). Goodrich moves to 38-8-1 (10) while Miller is now 23-3 (6).

Apr. 7, 1928: Next fight card is at the Stadium in Liverpool, UK. Headliner is a rematch of the GBU HW title bout between Tom Cowler and "Fainting" Phil Scott. Cowler won the belt via a foul and also defended with a similar result, so this is the third of the trilogy. As before, Scott outclasses the aging vet Cowler, who is fighting his last bout. Both of Cowler's eyes are swollen from the beating, and Scott (avoiding the fouls that plagued him in the past two title tilts) manages to end it early with a TKO in the 10th. Scott moves to 23-14-2 (6) and regains the GBU title. Cowler ends his career at 34-24-5 (16).

Apr. 13, 1928: Kiel Auditorium at St. Louis is the scene for the next Friday night fight card, and the feature contest pits USBA LH Champ Lou Bogash ("the blonde Italian") versus hard-hitting Paul Berlenbach ("the Astoria Assassin"). Berlenbach takes charge after a strong showing in round two, but the resilent Bogash battles back to make the bout a close one. By round six, Berlenbach's right eye is starting to swell. In round eight, Bogash nails Berlenbach with a straight right, and Berlenbach wisely covers up to avoid further damange. Berlenbach battles back, and Bogash's right eye also puffs up in the later rounds of the bout. No KDs, so this one goes to the scorecards. Berlenbach captures his first title by a narrow SD 12 (115-113, 113-115, 116-112). Berlenbach's career record is an excellent 20-3 (15) while Bogash is now 32-14-2 (7).

Apr. 14, 1928: Next fight card is at the Sports Palace in Rome, Italy. Feature bout has the WBA FW crown at stake, with Frenchman Andre Routis defending versus Panama's Jose Lombardo. Not much action as the bout starts slowly for the first three rounds. Then, in round four, Routis takes charge, repeatedly landing at will until Lombardo is literally out on his feet. Routis by TKO 4 to keep the title. Routis improves to 33-7-2 (16) while Lombardo slips to 23-8-3 (15).

Apr. 14, 1928: Boston Garden is the scene of the next action, and Mickey Walker is making his 11th defense of his WBA Middleweight crown, taking on long-time MW contender Frankie Schoell. It is Schoell's fourth try for a title after going 0-3 in prior attempts. The Champ is off the mark early, tagging Schoell with a big hook near the end of the opening stanza. He appears to have the better of the action in the early rounds, although a check of the unofficial scorer's card has it much closer (48-47) after the first five. The "Toy Bulldog" continues to apply the pressure in round six, and Schoell's left eye starts to puff up as a result. The free-swinging action continues in round eight, when Schoell is decked by a Walker uppercut and arises at the count of nine. Walker continues to pound Schoell mercilessly in the following rounds, and finally the ref calls a halt as Schoell's eye is much worse after being on the receiving end of the brunt of Walker's attack. Walker by TKO 10. Walker moves to 37-1 (28); Schoell is now 31-11-3 (11).