September 23, 1911
Main Event
WW - Jack Britton (1/1) (22-3-6) and Peter Jackson (6/3) (26-6-2) fought to a 12 round draw and will face each other again next month in another IBF title eliminator. The commissioner (me) pushed the event to next month since neither fight was cut or knocked down in hopes to get the title bout in before the end of the year. The winner will face Charley Hitte (24-11) in the title bout.
Britton seemed to do enough to win this fight with Jackson even being penalized a point. I had it 115-113 for Britton but the official judges saw it 114-112/113-113/112-114.
Regional Title
HW - George Godfrey (14/14) (29-15-3) scored a TKO8 over Sunny Jim (30/40) (12-5-2) (pre)to defend his AABU title for the 3rd and final time. With the new rule that you can't have 40 fights and still hold the title, the commissioner (me) vacated the title after the fight.
Godfrey controlled the fight from the start. Then Jim suffered a bad cut on his forehead that worsened until the ref stopped the fight in the 8th. I had it 68-65 at the stoppage.
Other Notables
BW - Hugh McGovern (18/17) (13-6-6) scored a KO3 over John Connors (57/60) (9-8-4) (pre). They split the first two rounds before a right uppercut finished the fight
MW - Charley Johnson (club) (11-14-2) scored a KO7 over Al Grayber (UR) (8-1) to stop Grayber's undefeated record. Johnson was ahead 58-57 on my scorecard when he Ko'd Grayber.
Other Fights
MW - George Gunther (39/30) (17-6-1) DQ7 Bob Turnball (27/35) (16-3-1) (gunther at pre, moved to prime)
LW - Kid McPartland (76/66) (22-20-4) TKO7 Eddie Connolly (96/99) (12-14-2)
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