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Britton wins USBA title
April 7, 1911
Jack Britton (2/1) (21-3-5) scored a SD12 over George Cole (1/2) (15-9-4) to win the USBA WW title. This was the 4th match between the two with Britton winning to SD and there were two draws.
Cole was cut over the left eye in the 2nd round. The fight was back and forth with a lot of very close rounds. Britton was cut on the mouth in the 9th and then penalized a point in the 11th for excessive holding and hitting.
Cole won the final round and it looked like the fight.
I had it 115-114 Cole. Andreas Raht (RE and out of hiding) had it 115-113 Britton. The official judges had it 114-113/113-114/114-113.
On the undercard
LW - Ad Wolgast (71/46) (15-10) SD10 Billy Willis (29/47) (14-4-1) 96-95 wolgast (willis at pre)
FW - Jack Downey (12/12) (14-7-1) DRAW10 Martin Flaherty (30/27) (12-11-4)
HW - Mexican Pete Everett (60/53) (14-5-1) KO10 George Stirling (79/91) (12-5-1) (both at pre ... stirling moved to prime)
MW - Jack Curtin (UR) (4-4) UD8 Lupie Carranza (UR) (4-1-3) 76-75 (both at pre for this club fight)
FLY - Bill Ladbury (UR) (8-1-2) UD8 Frankie Mason (UR) (6-2) (both at pre for this club fight)
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