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Johnson Cruises In 6th Title Defense
December 2, 1904
Jack Johnson (17-1) destroyed #1 John C. Heenan (11-3-1) stopping him with a 6th round TKO. Heenan never went down but was throughly beaten when the ref stopped the fight.
Heenan had a cut under his right eye in the first, which resulted in the right eye swelling. His cut man was unable to keep the swelling down and the eye got worse each round.
Finally in the 6th the ring doctor stopped the fight after a nasty cut over Heenan's left eye was opened.
Johnson had won the first 5 rounds on all scorecards.
On the undercard
HW - Denver Ed Martin SD10 Jack Sullivan (Sullivan stepping up to HW for the loss)
WW - Jack Bennett UD10 Scaldy Bill Quinn
HW - Jim Flynn TKO7 Charles Lange (Flynn goes 10-0 on the club circuit and moves up, debuts at 8th on the LBA rankings)
HW - Mike Sheehan UD6 Bill Lang (Lang fought as a beginner in this club fight)
LW - Mike Cushing TKO5 Charles McCarthy (club fight)
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