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Gans stops Martin in a great fight.
I am going to list the before and after rankings now on the fight cards listed as (before/after) all rankings will be the WBA rankings unless it's a title fight for another organization. Also I will list my scorecard on the fights I watch in bold.
June 26, 1910
Joe Gans (CH) (31-4-3) picked himself up off the canvas twice and KO'd the tough challanger Terry Martin (5/8) (17-3-1) in the 15th round to defend both the WBA and WBC Welterweight title.
Gans looked to be in control of this fight winning 3 of the first 4 rounds fairly comfortabley, then the fight completely changed course in the 5th when martin dropped Gans with a huge right hand. It seemed to take Gans a few rounds to clear his head and Martin ruled the middle rounds, swelling up Gans' right eye in the 8th.
Gans shook out the cobwebs and came on strong in the 9th and 10th. Then Martin landed an uppercut in the 11th and dropped Gans again. Martin threw punch after punch trying to take Gans out but failed. Martin was exhausted at this point and Gans took the fight back over.
He won the next 3 rounds and then dropped Martin early in the 15th and Martin couldn't beat the count, more from exhaustion than anything else.
Martin's cutman had a great fight. Martin was cut over the right eye in the 4th and it was only reopened once the rest of the way.
I had it 132-132 at the stoppage. Ringside expert, Lee McRae had it 133-132 Gans. Two of the official judges had it 132-132 (both the champ judges) and one had it 133-131 Martin.
On the undercard
BW - Steve Flanagan (UR) (11-1) UDTD5 Billy James (41/42) (9-8-3) (both at pre)
HW - Thomas Sayers (UR/9) (11-1-3) KO10 Steve O'Donnell (UR) (9-2-1) (both at pre, Sayers stepped up to HW ... O'Donnell down 6 times)
WW - Charley Sieger (17/16) (12-3-3) MD10 George Green (UR) (11-1-1) (both at pre, Sieger stepped up to WW for this fight)
FW - Tommy Feltz (club) (15-21-2) UD8 Frank Murphy (UR) (9-3) (feltz at post, murphy at pre for this club fight ... murphy blows chance to move up)
LW - Edward McDonald (UR) (9-2-1) UD8 Young Otto (club) (11-18-4) (mcdonald at pre, otto at post for this club fight)
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