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Young Griffo Finally Wins Title
March 26, 1906
Young Griffo (20-4-2) finally won the LBA Featherweight title on his 4th try with a MD15 win over champ Harry Lyons (18-9).
Griffo boxed his way to the win, never willing to mix it up. Lyons would hurt Griffo most of the time he landed but couldn't put together enough punches in enough rounds to win. This was his 3rd loss to Griffo.
Griffo's left eye started swelling a bit in the 7th but other than that there were no knockdowns or cuts in the fight.
On the undercard
BW - Johnny Coulon (7-0) KO9 Kid Bebee (0-5) (Coulon goes to Prime and Bebee drops to the club ranks)
MW - Jim Hall (10-11-2) TKO6 Frank Klaus (6-2-1)
WW - Kid Graves (1-0) TKO3 Drazen Basic (0-1) (TC) (Graves fought as a beginner in this club fight)
FW - Billy O'Donnell (1-0) TKO2 Kurt Hallen (0-1) (TC) (O'Donnell fought as a beginner in this club fight)
HW - Pat Kieley (9-12-1) MD10 Sandy Feguson (9-14-1) (club fight)
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