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#8 Dixie Kid Survives Late Rally To Take Lbc Welterweight Title
May 12, 1906
Dixie Kid (12-7-5) built up an insurmountable lead through the first 10 rounds and won a UD15 over champ Jimmy Gardner (13-9-2) to win the LBC welterweight title.
It was a good thing he built up such a lead because Gardner came storming back but it was too late to steal the win.
Gardner was dropped in the 3rd and cut badly in the 9th. Kid built a sizeable lead at the 10 round mark (I had it 97-92). Gardner then took 4 of the last 5 rounds and was close on the 5th. Might of pulled out the draw if he took all five.
I had it 143-141. Dan Cuoco ringside had it 145-139. The official judges had it 143-141/144-140/143-141.
On the undercard
WW - George Cole (3-3) TKO5 Buddy Ryan (5-7) (due to a recent re-rating of Cole I would expect a win streak out of him)
FW - Young Corbett (12-8-3) UD10 Martin Flaherty (2-4-2)
LHW - JH Brown (7-12) UD6 Fred Russell (1-1) (Russell fought as a beginner in this club fight)
FW - Will Curley (5-0) TKO6 Paul Marks (TC) (0-3) (Curley fought as a beginner in this club fight)
HW - Tony Ross (4-2) KO5 Con Coughlin (5-18) (Ross fought as a beginner in this club fight)
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