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The night of knockdowns
January 24, 1913
Title Fight
FLY - (WBA) Johnny Hughes (CH) (20-4-6) successfully defended his WBA Fly title with a UD15 over Joseph "Louisiana" Biderberg (2/3) (15-3-5). It was Hughes first defense. Hughes dropped Biderberg in the 2nd, 4th, twice in the 10th, and the 11th. Hughes had some scary moments though as he was cut over both eyes.
The judges had it a runaway at 148-133/148-133/148-132.
Title Tourney
MW - (WBA - first round) Young Mitchell (9/8) (20-2) knocked William Sheriff (8/10) (17-2) (pre) down 6 times on the way to a TKO10 victory to move onto the second round of the MW tourney. Sheriff was down in the 6th, 8th, 9th and three times in the 10th. I had it 88-80 at the stoppage.
Other fights
BW - Rochester Tommy Dixon (UR) (13-0-1) TKO6 Young Johnson (66/club) (11-16-1) 50-46 (dixon at pre) Johnson drops to club
WW - Al Neill (18/17) (15-12-4) SD10 Matty Baldwin (24/30) (19-7-1) 97-94 Neill
MW - George LaBlanche (22/13) (26-19-5) KO9 Billy Kramer (49/54) (15-10-1) (lablanche at post)
FW - Eddie Coulon (UR) (7-0) UD8 Joe Cain (club) (5-21-5) 78-73 (coulon at pre)
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