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RYAN GOES DOWN BUT DEFENDS TITLE - - HERRERA UPDATE
June 18, 1904
Tommy Ryan (18-0) won his 4th title defense against #6 Willie Lewis (7-6) with a KO8.
Ryan looked sluggish and the fight was back and forth abit through 5 rounds. With Ryan winning the 6th, Lewis landed a straight right late in the round and Ryan took a knee for a 2 count. It was the first time Ryan has been down in his career.
The knockdown seemed to wake him up though. He dropped Lewis in the opening seconds of round 7 and then punished him the rest of the round. Then he put Lewis down for good in the 8th.
I had the fight 68-64 at the time of the KO. Tom Trunzo, ringside, had it 66-65. The official judges had it 67-64/67-65/69-63. All in favor of Ryan
on the undercard
FW - Aurelio Herrera UD10 Kid Herman Landfield (Herrera went to 2-0, controlled the whole fight with 4 KD's but once again couldn't finnish off his opponent. Scored 99-89/97-91/97-91)
HW - James Corbett TKO5 John Knifton
LHW - John Donaldson MD10 Patsy Cardiff
HW - Jack Stelzner UD10 Dan Hickey (club fight)
LW - Jimmy Mitchell DRAW10 Billy Edwards (club fight)
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