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Chambers retains title
December 15, 1911
Main Event
LW - Arthur Chambers (CH) (23-3-1) had his hands full but scored a UD15 over Jack Keenan (13/15) (18-3-1) for his 6th defense of his WBA title.
Keenan controlled the early portion of the fight and it looked like he might cruise to an easy win. Chambers came on strong in rounds 6 through 10 and seemingly tied things up after 10. Chambers dominated round 11, I had it a 10-8 round as did all three judges. Keenan came back to take the 12th and 13th, but then was dropped in the 14th.
I had it 143-142, the official judges saw it 144-142/144-141/144-141.
Title Eliminator
LHW - Fred Russell (3/1) (20-8) didn't show up until the 6th round but when he did he stopped George Byers (4/5) (18-10-1). Russell will advance to the IBF title fight with the TKO6, he will face the winner of the McCoy-Butler fight in the championship.
Byers won the first 5 rounds easily but was dropped twice in the 6th and the ref stopped it with 10 seconds to go. I had it 50-45 at the stoppage.
Other Fights
HW - Martin Neary (club/60) (18-18-2) (post) scored a KO1 over Charles Horn (UR) (9-1-1) (pre) less than a minute into the fight. Neary moves back up to main with the win.
WW - Jack O'Keefe (65/40) (12-6-2) TKO9 Tom McAlpine (20/41) (17-5) (mcalpine at pre)
WW - Tommy West (14/13) (19-8-2) UD10 Jimmy Clabby (76/76) (8-11-8)
FW - Tommy White (49/35) (15-9-3) UD10 Kid Broad (45/60) (18-10-2)
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