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August 30, 1912
Title Fights
WBC - Young Griffo (CH) (39-8-7) fought to a draw with Jack Blackburn (2/2) (32-13-6) to retain the WBC LW title for the third time. Griffo's IBF title was not on the line.
Griffo got off to an early lead but Blackburn closed the gap in the middle rounds. The two split the last four rounds. There were no knockdowns or cuts. I had it 145-143 Griffo, while the official judges saw it 143-145/143-143/143-143.
CBU - Nunc Wallace (26/21) (18-8-2) retained his CBU BW title with a UD12 over Sam Keller (UR) (8-1) in his first defense.
Uneventful fight with no knockdowns and no cuts. Wallace was in control most of the way. I had it 115-113 as did two official judges with the third seeing it 117-111,
Other Fights
MW - George Gunther (14/11) (22-6-1) UD10 Jack Moffat (57/72) (14-15-3)
LHW - Tommy Gibbons (UR) (11-0) UD10 Pat McCourt (52/60) (13-10-3) (gibbons at pre)
Fly - Jim Donald (15/14)(12-14-1) SD10 Young Oliver (UR/12) (13-1-1) 95-95 (oliver at pre)
FW - Al Jansen (UR) (7-0-3) DRAW8 Joe Cain (club) (4-20-5) 76-76 (jansen at pre in this club fight)
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