World Boxing Federation

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Featuring the World Lightweight Title

BW - Tommy 'Spider' Kelly (25-6-2) D10 Nunc Wallace (20-4-3)

Nothing between the pair in this 'crossroads' contest.

MW - Harris Martin (10-0) KO7 Arthur Upham (2-11)

Frankly Upham doesn't belong on a World title undercard. He was out on his feet after nine minutes and was outclassed throughout by Martin.

BW - Johnny Murphy (20-3-1) TKO7 (cuts) Walter Croot (20-6-1)

Desperate bad luck on Croot.

After the first three rounds things weren't looking to rosy for Croot, Murphy had started quickly and was landing hefty right hooks without much reply. Croot returned to his stool at the end of the first nine minutes with blood streaming from a cut over his left eye.

However Croot showed why he is such a crowd pleaser. He took the fight to his tough opponent and dominated the next four rounds.

It was the cut during the third round that finally did for Croot, the ringside doctor called the bout over after inspecting the gash for the third time.

Croot was up by two points on all three cards.

World Lightweight Title

Bobby Dobbs (25-0)(Holder) V Bill Mahan (6-4)

The sixth defence of his title by Dobbs (below).

Rd 1 - A good opening three minutes for the Champ. Operating behind his left jab he finds Mahan at will and looks to be in a different league.

Rd 2 - Mahan tries his best to tie up Dobbs inside, but the unbeaten Champ picks his opponent off with right hooks and crosses. With seconds left in the round Mahan tries to rush Dobbs, but his efforts are met with a wicked right cross to the body which flattens the Challenger. There was never any liklehood of him getting up.

The Dobbs record is never in any danger.

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Double postponement leaves a quiet month

Two World title fights have been put on hold for differing reasons.

At Featherweight, World Champion Young Griffo had signed to fight Rochester Tommy Dixon (below left), but failed to show up for training. No one seems to know the whereabouts of Griffo, including his manager who admits to not 'setting eyes on his man for two months'. Griffo will need to touch base with the WBF and reschedule his bout within a month or risk being stripped of his title.

George LaBlanche has a more legitimate excuse for not fighting in May, he broke his ankle in training and is expected to be absent for around three months. The 'Fighting Marine' (below right) is hoping to 'hook up' with Jack Dempsey in September. LaBlanche became the official number one challenger for the Middleweight Title when he beat Pete McCoy.

[Tommysixfingers]

Good stuff Tom!

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Featuring the American Lightweight Title

FW - Torpedo Billy Murphy (13-15-1) UD10 Tommy Danforth (8-2)

This was Danforth's first fight on a major card, it is unlikely he will be getting another invite anytime soon, his record was exposed as being achieved through fighting club fighters. Cumbersome and slow, he found the old stalwart Murphy far too much to handle.

FW - Mike Cushing (9-0-1) UD10 Tommy Barnes (12-1)

Barnes lost his perfect record in this ten rounder. He managed to cut his opponent over the right eye in the second round, but that was about as much joy as he had.

Cushing was a comfortable winner and fought tidely behind his lead left.

MW - Charles 'Kid' McCoy (12-1-1) KO1 Ed Binney (10-2)

Less than a minute into the fight, Binney was flat on his back. With the first meaningful punch of the contest, McCoy landed a peach of a right hook and ended his evenings work.

McCoy is beginning to make a name for himself.

LW - Joe Gans (20-0) TKO3 (cuts) Mike Daly (12-13-1)

The connections of Joe Gans (bottom left) have been accused of wrapping their fighter in cotton wool, no longer!

Their nineteen year old sensation sliced Daly to pieces, cutting him first over the right eye then in the third round landing a right cross over Daly's left eye leading to a cascade of blood pouring down over the veterans eye.

The referee took one look at the injury and called the fight over.

BW - Danny Dougherty (16-2-1) UD10 Ike Weir (7-7)

The capable Dougherty made it three from three against his Irish opponent.

Weir was never really in with a shout, finding it difficult to cope with Dougherty's superior ting craft.

Dougherty has now built up a nice sequence of wins.

American Lightweight Title

Jimmy Carroll (34-6-2)(Holder) UD12 George Taylor (14-2)

A bout worthy of a title belt.

Pre fight rumours of 'heavy socialising' by Taylor (below right) look to have been wide of the mark, if they were true then it was Carroll's lucky night. Taylor took the ex World Champion to the wire.

Behind at halfway, Taylor took the fight to his man. The crucial moments of the fight were in the eighth stanza, when after a crushing right uppercut Taylor found himself on the deck twice, and the penultimate round when a right cross send the challenger to the floor for the third time in the bout.
In between Taylor gave as good as he got.

However the Champion was a deserved victor on the scorecards, a rematch would certainly draw the crowds.

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Featuring the Commonwealth Bantamweight Title

MW - George Kessler (7-2) SD10 Reddy Gallagher (14-5)

Howls of derision greeted the calling of the judges scorecards. Most at ringside had it for Gallagher by a good two to three round margin. He dominated inside and threw the heavier blows throughout. Kessler entered the professional ranks with a big reputation which he is yet to prove.

LW - Andy Bowen (21-11) UD10 Professor Johnny Clark (7-3)

Only the 'Prof' knows how he managed to last the distance.

After a performance like this it is difficult to fathom why Bowen (below left) has not achieved more in the game. He dominated his Irishman throughout with clubbing hooks to both head and body, Clark found himself on the canvas three times in the later stages of the fight and must have been within a whisker of being stopped on three or four occassions.

This was Bowen's first fight outside the States, he will have no problems in getting another invite to box from the NSC.

LW - Johnny Van Heest (13-4-1) SD10 Charles Norton (7-5)

A very poor contest, with both fighters playing safe.

Van Heest dominated the bout behind his left jab until with a minute left in the bout Norton landed a sharpe combination which put Van Heest on the canvas.

The home fighters joy was short lived on the announcement of the judges views.

MW - Irish Jack Burke (21-3-1) UD10 Mike Lucie (9-1)

Before the fight the connections of Lucie knew they were gambling by putting their inexperienced man in with a murderous puncher like Burke, but with their man turning 30 years of age time is not on their side.

Lucie (below centre) put on a brave show, holding his own until the pivotal sixth round when Burke scored the fights only knockdown after a rasping right hook.

Lucie could never gain the upperhand thereon, coming off worse in several bruising exchanges.

Burke has never shirked a challenge and derserves a World title shot.

LW - Jack McAuliffe (32-5-1) KO5 Billy Ernst (15-1)

When he's good he's really good!

When McAuliffe entered the ring and removed his robe you felt the writing was on the wall for the unbeaten Ernst. The Irishman looked in a finer fettle as the regulars at the NSC had seen him.

McAuliffe dominated from the start, refusing to mix it with Ernst he dominated from range, peppering his man with lead left hands and vicious right crosses.

By the fifth round Ernst was spent, McAuliffe continued his assault at range before landing a huge uppercut which knocked Ernst cold.

If only McAuliffe can stay out of the bars then Dobbs and his perfect record is at risk.

Commonwealth Bantamweight Title

Billy Plimmer (18-1-2)(Holder) TKO8 Abe Willis (13-6-1)

Bearing in mind the importance of this bout for Willis, his physical appearance was shocking. He looked liked he had trained on ale and pies.

Plimmer (below right) took full advantage, boxing skilfully for the first half of the fight the Englishman upped the ante in the seventh stanza and decked his rotund opponnent with a right uppercut.

Willis came out for the eighth round but was being battered from pillar to post before referee Regan ended an eventful card.

Plimmer's only defeat remains at the hands of Johnny Murphy, something he hopes to set straight.

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Two World Titles will be fought over in June.

At Bantamweight, George Dixon (30-3) will defend his title against unheralded Englishman George Corfield (8-0-2). Dixon (below left) will be a big odds on favourite.

The Featherweight division will see Young Griffo (28-2) meet Dick Hollywood (10-0). Some scribes are of the opinion that this will be Griffo's (below right) toughest assignment thus far as Champion.

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Featuring the World Bantamweight Title

LW - Billy Dacey (18-14-1) TKO1 Paddy Lee (0-10-2)

MW - Dick Moore (4-19-1) MD10 Anthony Diamond (6-4)

MW - Jack Fogarty (20-9-2) KO6 Ted Pritchard (9-3)

As his previous fight against McCarthy illustrated, Pritchard lacks nothing in the bravery department.

Pre fight you couldn't get odds about Fogarty (below left), but Pritchard let him know he was there by landing a right uppercut and sending the visitor to the ropes.

Fogarty, never one to shirk the issue, stepped up the pace in the next six minutes and landed a right hoook to put Pritchard on his backside for a five count.

The end came in the sixth stanza, Pritchard was running on empty and stumbled into a thunderous right uppercut, game over.

LW - Samuel Blakelock (14-4-1) UD10 Dick Burge (8-4)

When the scorecards were announced there was only a couple of points between the pair, the gulf in class was far wider.

Blakelock (below centre) hardly broke out of a sweat and dominated Burge behind his left jab.

FW - Johnny T Griffin (16-5-2) TKO5 Ben Jordan (16-2)

Jordan, the darling of the NSC, received a terrible beating.

The once beaten Englishman, who had demolished Tommy White in his previous bout, played right into Griffin's (below right) hands.

The American started brightly landing some dazzling combinations, by the fifth round he was well on top with Jordan deciding to stand his ground and trade with his bigger hitting opponent.

Griffin needed no encouragement to 'go to war' and after landing a salvo of heavy right hooks and crosses the referee stepped in and ended the carnage.

Griffin is now only one step away from a challenge to Young Griffo's World belt.

World Bantamweight Title

George Dixon (30-3) (Holder) V George Corfield (8-0-2)

The third defence of his title by Dixon.

Both fighters look in excellent shape.

There were no pre fight odds available for Dixon.

Although unbeaten, Corfield has never fought anyone of note.

Rd 1 - Corfield had the audacity to land the fights first decent blow, this woke up Dixon who took it upon himself to hammer home three big right hooks before the bell. Dixon (10-9)

Rd 2 - All Dixon! There is a huge gap in class, the bookies were right.

Rd 4 - Dixon goes to work on his opponent, landing right hands as he pleases, with a minute left in the round he sends over a rapier right cross sending Corfield to the canvas. The Englishman beats the count but referee Newman has seen enough and ends the drubbing.

An easy nights work for Dixon.

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Featuring The Featherweight World Title match.

MW - Denny Kelliher (11-12-1) KO8 Ed Denfass (5-6-1)

MW - Joe Butler (5-11-1) KO1 Jimmy Handler (8-3)

WW - Perry Queenan (4-11) DSQ9 Charles Kemmic (9-3)

LW - Danny Duane (9-4-1) MD10 George Dawson (15-3-2)

Dawson is rarely involved in dull affairs and this was no exception. Strangely, it was Duane that scored the fights only knockdown after a right hand in the opening round. The fight swayed one way then the other, with Duane showing a surprising amount of aggression. A draw was a fair outcome.

FW - Jack Skelly (19-3) MD10 Martin Flaherty (13-3-1)

Judge Forbes must have had his eyes closed for the entire ten rounds of this bout.

Skelly (below left) won this contest by a street, each time Flaherty tried to move inside Skelly peppered him with his left jab. Flaherty entered the ring in terrible condition and put up an awful performance, his two explosive stoppage victories were in no danger of being repeated.

Skelly will now meet Johnny T Griffin in a twelve round final elimination bout for the World Title.

World Featherweight Title

Young Griffo (28-2) (Champion) V Dick Hollywood (10-0)

Both fighters enter the ring in apparently good condition.

This is Griffo's seventh defence of his World Belt.

Hollywood (below right), although unbeaten, is taking a huge step up in class.

Hollywood is the 5/2 betting underdog.

Rd 1 - Quiet start from Hollywood, Griffo landed two decent right hands to take the opening round. Griffo 10-9

Rd 2 - Better round from the challenger, the Irishman landed a heavy hook to the ribs of Griffo. Even 19-19

Rd 3 - Hollywood follows up a crisp combination with a wicked hook to the head, Griffo goes to the ropes and covers up. The Aussie has a fight on his hands. Hollywood 29-28.

Rd 4 - Griffo ups the pace at the start of the round, landing some crisp jabs. Hollywood isn't phased by Griffo's boxing ability and once again lands heavily to the body, he must think he has a chance in this one. Hollywood 39-37.

Rd 5 - Griffo edeges the round. He makes Hollywood swing and miss and picks him off with his trademark jab. Hollywood 48-47.

Rd 6 - A surprisingly quiet three minutes from Hollywood. Griffo landed a couple of nice right hands to even the fight.

Rd 7 - Hollywood edges it, he lands the best shot of the round, a right cross to Griffo's temple. Hollywood 67-66.

Rd 8 - Yet again the challenger takes his foot off the gas. Griffo works well landed to both head and body. Even 76-76.

Rd 9 - Very little action. Strange tactics from Hollywood, maybe he has stamina issues. Griffo 86-85.

Rd 10 - A nice right hook from Hollywood opens the round. He fights cagely therein and evens the contest. Hollywood has a real opportunity to end Griffo's reign. Even 95-95.

Rd 11 - A much better three minutes, Griffo lands some uncharacteristic right hand swipes, his corner must seen the warning signs. Griffo 105-104.

Rd 12 - Hollywood opens up in the last minute of the round, scoring with hooks and crosses to the head of Griffo. Even 114 - 114

Rd 13 - Another good round, Griffo does just enough to scrape a point, he appears to be throwing caution to the wind. Griffo 124-123

Rd 14 - This is close. Griffo backpedals but is still caught twice by right hooks. As both men return to their stools it appears to be an even fight on the cards. Strangely they both look like they have hardly been in a fight and could go another fifteen rounds. Even 133-133.

Rd 15 - Griffo nicked the final stanza and possibly the fight. Hollywood was the aggressor but Griffo picked him off and landed some crisp right crosses, Hollywood returned to his stool with blood pouring from an apparent broken nose. Ringside has it for Griffo by a point.

Judge Forbes has it 143-142 Hollywood.

Judge Phillips has it 143-142 Griffo.

Judge Potts has it 144-141 Hollywood!

Hollywood ends Griffo's near four year reign as Champion.

[Tommysixfingers]

Good fight. Let's see if Hollywood can hang on to the title for a while.

Great stuff Tom.

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Featuring the Commonwealth and Pacific Middleweight title and Pacific Welterweight Title.

FW - Eddie Lenny (11-4-2) UD10 Chiddy Ryan (13-1)

LW - Andy Bowen (21-11) UD10 Peter Boland (7-2)

BW - Abe Willis (13-6-2) MD10 Bill Baxter (11-10-1)

MW - Peter Newton (13-0) KO4 Herb Goddard (2-8)

Newton (below left) made it thirteen from thirteen, all by stoppage. He controlled the fight throughout and landed heavy right hooks to the chin of Goddard. A right cross at the end of the fourth round ended the proceedings.

Pacific Welterweight Title

Dick Sandall (12-1) KO10 Mick Dunn (11-7) (Holder)

Dunn is not one to take a negative attitude in the ring.

This time round it cost him his Pacific Welterweight belt. With three rounds left in the fight he was comfortably on top on the scorecards, dominating inside with a cruel right uppercut.

He continued to carry the fight to his Kiwi opponent in the tenth round, as he moved in to punish Sandall on the ropes the challenger threw a hopeful right cross which thudded onto the chin of Dunn, he was out cold before he hit the canvas.

Commonwealth and Pacific Middleweight Title

Billy McCarthy (19-3-1) UD12 Harry 'Dummy' Mace (12-1)

Mace (below right) came into the fight unbeaten and had stopped all his opponents. However he was unable to make the huge step up in class against McCarthy and found himself on the wrong end of a one sided beating.

Mace did well to last out the full twelve rounds, he was on the deck in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds and appeared to be out on his feet for the last half of the fight.

McCarthy still has legitimate claims for another crack at the World title held by Jack Dempsey, but you do feel that this is the most competitive the Middleweight division has been for sometime.

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One World title coming up in July. Tommy Ryan will defend his Welterweight title against mandatory challenger Owen Ziegler.

At Bantamweight, Billy Plimmer will defend his European and Commonwealth titles against fellow Englishman Jack Hare.

Johnny Murphy will defend his American Bantamweight title against Danny Dougherty.

The fight of the month will be made at Lightweight. The two old warriors Jimmy Carroll and Jack McAuliffe will meet for the third time. The Irishman won the first bout on points before Carroll gained revenge by knocking his man cold in the second encounter. The fight will hold World final eliminator status.

Bad news for Jack Skelly! After totally outclassing Martin Flaherty, it appears that Skelly 'went on a bender' with his connections. 'Gentleman Jack' didn't live up to his nickname, he got involved with a bar brawl and was sent down for six months in a Los Angeles courthouse. Johnny T Griffin will now take on Martin Flaherty to determine a challenger to new Featherweight World Champion Dick Hollywood in November.

Solly Smith has been hospitalised with a serious illness, there are no further details at the moment though he is likely to be on the sidelines for some time.

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MW - Fred Morris (13-0) KO1 Arthur Upham (2-11)

FW - Tommy White (12-2) UD10 Tommy Barnes (12-2)

MW - Harry Peppers (5-9) UD10 Alec Greggains (8-8)

MW - Ed Binney (11-2) KO1 Dave Campbell (9-5)

MW - Kid McCoy (13-1-1) UD10 James Payne (8-14-1)

A straightforward victory for the Kid.

McCoy (below left) dominated throughout but will be disappointed that he was unable to stop Payne.

World Welterweight Title

Tommy Ryan (22-1) (Holder) V Owen Ziegler (13-1-1)

There were rumours pre fight that Ziegler was less than impressive in his training.

Ryan's seventh defence of his World title.

Rd 1 - An even opening round, both fighters landed crisp jabs.

Rd 2 - Bad round for Ziegler, Ryan (below right) landed heavily with hooks and crosses. Another three minutes like that could mean a premature end to the fight. Ryan 20-19.

Rd 3 - Ryan came out flying, he landed a barrage of punches sending his opponent through the ropes, Ziegler got back on the canvas and beat the count. The challenger hung on for the rest of the round, but it has been a bad start for Ziegler. Ryan 30 - 27.

Rd 4 - Another round for Ryan, though Ziegler landed the best punch of the stanza, a wicked right to the ribcage of the Champ. Ryan 40 - 36.

Rd 5 - It's all Ryan, the quality and quantity of the blows landed by him must be taking their toll on Ziegler. Ryan 50 - 45.

Rd 6 - A quiet three minutes sees a shared round. Ryan 60 - 55.

Rd 7 - Ziegler is beginning to make more of a fight of it. Ryan probably edges the round but the underdog lands a couple of nice right hooks to remind Ryan he is still around. Ryan 70 -64.

Rd 8 - Not much from Ziegler, he tries to work inside but Ryan picks him off and lands a crushing right hook just before the bell. Ryan 80 - 73.

Rd 9 - Ziegler swings a big right hook at Ryan, who reads it easily and counters with a vicious right cross, Ziegler goes to the deck for the second time in the fight. He does well to beat the count and survive the round, but he returns to his corner a seemingly beaten man. Ryan 90 - 81.

Rd 10 - Ryan lands a right cross followed by a nasty uppercut which sends Ziegler down for the third time, he gets to his feet at the eight count but is set upon by Ryan, referee Coin has seen enough.

Ryan retains his title by tenth round stoppage.

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Featuring World Lightweight title final eliminator and the American Bantamweight Title.

FW - Al Jansen (9-6) UD10 Joe Cain (3-8-1)

LW - George Taylor (15-2) UD10 Jack Hopper (12-9)

A good scrap!

The deciding moment came in the fourth round when Taylor landed a right hook which took Hopper to the canvas for a nine count.

FW - Rochester Tommy Dixon (12-1) UD10 Walter Edgerton (11-9)

Edgerton has to be the most frustrating fighter in boxing.

He dominated Dixon early on, non more so than in the third round when he totally outboxed his man and finished the round off by scoring the fights only knockdown.

Things seemed to be set fair for Edgerton, but oh no! He failed to win another round as he allowed Dixon to recover and then dominate the bout with a solid jab and hook to the body strategy.

Dixon has at least domestic honours in his sights.

FW - Mike Cushing (9-0-2) MD10 Cal McCarthy (21-5-3)

There were post fight rumours eminating from McCarthy's connections of an imminent retirement.

His is badly off form and would surely have dealt easily with Cushing at his prime.

American Bantamweight Title

Johnny Murphy (21-3-1)(Holder) KO9 Danny Dougherty (16-3-1)

For eight rounds Dougherty gave Murphy a boxing lesson.

In the ninth Murphy showed Dougherty the value of a knockout punch!

Dougherty had boxed beautifully and made Murphy look like a novice. He dominated from distance behind a crisp left jab. The holder new he was in trouble and opened up in the ninth round, he decked Dougherty with a right uppercut and no sooner had the challenger got to his feet he was flat on his back after a right hook.

Murphy will now meet the winner of next weeks bout in London between old foe Billy Plimmer and the novice Jack Hare.

World Lightweight Title final eliminator.

Jack McAuliffe (33-5-1) UD12 Jimmy Carroll (34-7-2)

After receiving the worst of a lopsided points verdict, Jimmy Carroll (below) called time on an illustrious career. The ex World Champion could never get to grips with his measured opponent.

McAuliffe, judging by his appearance, has turned over a new leaf of late. He dominated the bout landing heavy crosses and refusing to mix it with his dangerous opponent.

If McAuliffe's training camp goes well, he must enter the ring against current World Champion Bobby Dobbs as betting favourite.

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Featuring the Commonwealth and European Bantamweight Title.

MW - John Banks (11-0)(11) TKO6 Charles 'Toff' Wall (6-3-1)

Banks appears to be a tough customer. He brawled his way inside against Wall, who had no answer to his aggression.

LW - George Lavigne (30-7-1) UD10 Harry Nickless (8-3)

Nickless is one tough customer. He was on the deck in four different rounds, but was still trying to knockout his man in the final three minutes. Lavigne was far too classy throughout and once again gave the crowd their money's worth.

LW - Bat Mullins (6-2-1) MD10 Horace Leeds (8-1-1)

A really poor affair with neither fighter deserving the victory.

MW - Charley Davis (8-2) UD10 Mick Nathan (7-4-1)

A very one sided bout. It seemed that everything Davis threw landed, Nathan rose from the canvas twice.

LW - Mike Daly (13-13-1) SD10 Austin Gibbons (13-11-1)

As the last round started Gibbons must have thought he had the verdict in the bag. He covered up on the ropes and made no attempt to win the round. It proved to be a poor strategy, Daly won the all important last three minutes and deserved the decision. Daly remains a dangerously powerful puncher.

Commonwealth and European Bantamweight Title

Billy Plimmer (19-1-2) (Holder) UD12 Jack Hare (11-2-1)

Plimmer almost threw his titles away!

Billy was comfortably ahead on the scorecards going into the last three minutes, but he still went for broke. He was throwing wild hooks to Hare's (below right) head and body, when the challenger countered and landed a sharp right hand flush on the chin of Plimmer (below left). Plimmer hit the canvas and struggle to get to his feet, it was lucky for him that there was less than a minute left in the round. Hare waded into him but ran out of time.

To have been knocked out would have been tough on Plimmer, he had fought aggressively and well. For eleven rounds Hare was on the wrong end of a beating, shipping hooks to both head and midrift.

Plimmer will now get a chance to avenge his only defeat, he will meet the American Champion Johnny Murphy in a World Title final eliminator.

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World Champion - Tommy Ryan
Pacific Champion - Dick Sandall
Commonwealth Champion - Tommy West
American Champion - Matty Matthews

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Young Mitchell (below) is back in training. After serving nine months in jail and being stripped of his American Middleweight Title, it could be a long way back to the top of the tree.

The major fight this month will hold World Title eliminator status. Johnny T Griffin will square up to Martin Flaherty with the winner earning the right to challenge the recently crowned Dick Hollywood.

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MW - Denny Kelliher (12-12-1) KO8 Arthur Upham (2-12)

FW - Fred Johnson (10-13) UD10 Eddie Pierce (10-6-2)

FW - Harry Overton (8-2-1) TKO10 Tommy Barnes (12-3)

LW - George Lavigne (31-7-1) TKO4 (cuts) Dal Hawkins (12-7-1)

Lavigne never gives up.

Only three weeks after fighting in London, Lavigne turned up in New Orleans and became involved in a slugfest with Hawkins.

After dominating the first round, Lavigne shipped a right cross from Hawkins which opened a nasty gash over his left eye. Things got worse, Lavigne moved in on Hawkins only to get tagged with a right hook which sent him to the floor.

Lavigne came out swinging in the third round and landed a right hook flush on the nose of Hawkins, claret poured from the wound, it was Hawkins turn to visit the ringside doctor.

The fourth round was the last, Lavigne bored inside and a right hook worsened the gash on Hawkins nose. The fight was allowed to continue, Lavigne hammered in a right cross which opened another gash under Hawkin's left eye, the injuries were too much and the battle was over.

MW - Jack Fogarty (21-9-2) TKO5 Young Mitchell (21-4-1)

After a short year in the 'clink', getting into a ring with Jack Fogarty is probably not a great idea.

Strangely Mitchell tried to take the fight to Fogarty, and paid a dear price. Fogarty held sway for the first four rounds, hammering right hooks to Mitchell's jaw. The ex American Champion seemed out on his feet halfway through the fifth stanza and Fogarty (below) took full advantage, smashing right crosses into Mitchell without reply, referee Caster stopped the contest with a few seconds left in the round.



World Featherweight Final Eliminator

Johnny T Griffin (17-5-2) UD12 Martin Flaherty (13-4-1)

Griffin came on strongly at the death to earn a crack at Dick Hollywood's World Featherweight Title.

With the fight hanging in the balance, Griffin stepped up the gears. With a minute left in the tenth stanza he landed a murderous right hook sending Flaherty to the canvas.

Flaherty got to his feet but was a spent token, Griffin dominated the last six minutes and gained a deserved World title fight.

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September's going to be a busy month.

The Olympic Club in New Orleans will feature this month's headline grabber. Jack Dempsey (below) will defend his World Middleweight Title against fellow veteran and old foe George LaBlanche. The undercard will feature a bout for the vacant American Lightweight Title, Texas Jack Burke and Billy Ernst will lock horns.

The National Sporting Club will host a World Bantamweight Final Eliminator between Johnny Murphy and Billy Plimmer, with the latter hoping to avenge the shellacking he received when they last met. The undercard will also include a bout for the European and Commonwealth Featherweight Title between Frank Murphy and Harry Spurden.

The first card of the month will take place in Australia at Rushcutters Bay. There will be four regional titles at stake. Billy McCarthy will defend his Pacific and Commonwealth Middleweight Titles against unbeaten Dan Hickey. George Dawson and Peter Boland will scrap it out for the vacant Pacific Lightweight Title. In an interesting bout, Young Pluto will defend his Pacific Featherweight Title against the recently deposed World Champion Young Griffo. Jimmy Anthony and Abe Willis will battle it out for the vacant Pacific Featherweight crown.

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Officials of the WBF and the National Sporting Club have joined forces and will stage an annual Amateur Tournament, this will be known as the Golden Gloves Tournament.

The first tournament will be held in December of this year.

There will be six weight classes (Bantam, Feather, Light, Welter, Middle and Heavy). Eight of the top ranked Amateur's from each division will be invited to box-off against each other over a week period. The format will be a quarter, semi and a final.

Madison Square Garden has been nominated to stage the first Tournament.

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FW - Torpedo Billy Murphy (14-16-1) UD10 Nipper Peakes (9-4-1)

MW - Dan Creedon (25-5-0) TKO5 Starlight Rollins (7-5-1)

Rollins did well to survive as long as he did.

The underdog was on the canvas in the first minute of the fight as he failed to handle the step up in class.

This was a good comeback for Creedon following his devastating KO loss to Pete McCoy.

Vacant Pacific Bantamweight Title

The first of four title fights on the card.

Abe Willis (14-6-2) SD12 Jimmy Anthony (8-2-1)

The ex World Champion and 5/2 betting favourite made heavy weather of beating Anthony. Winless in five, Abe managed to rally late on an edge the decision thus becomming the inaugural Pacific Bantamweight Champ.

Anthony put in a brave display but found the rise in class too much for him, he is a brave if somewhat limited little scrapper.

Pacific Featherweight Title

Young Griffo (29-3-0) UD12 Young Pluto (Holder)(21-10-1)

After a mesmeric opening three minutes from Griffo (below left) the writing was on the wall for Pluto.

Griffo coasted for the rest of the fight, popping Pluto with jab's and combinations.

This was Griffo's first bout since losing his World title to Dick Hollywood, the regaining of his crown is very much on the agenda.

Pacific Lightweight Title

Peter Boland (8-2) KO10 George Dawson (Holder)(15-4-2)

A vicious right hook from Boland crowned him Pacific Lightweight Champion.

After decking Dawson in the second round Boland let his grip of the fight slacken, allowing the ex champ to land some telling right hooks.

Boland stayed in there and was only a couple of points behind on the cards when landing the final blow.

Pacific and Commonwealth Middleweight Titles

Billy McCarthy (20-3-1)(Holder) UD12 Dan Hickey (11-1)

A comfortable if uninspiring defence of his titles by McCarthy.

The Champion had little bother in spoiling Hickey's (below right) unbeaten record, but won few friends in doing so. After his recent victory over Harry 'Dummy' Mace there were some at ringside who speculated that McCarthy was over the hill, this performance could well enforce that theory.

This was a huge rise in class for Hickey and although he performed well Championship titles look beyond him.