Another regional title changes, Tommy Burns looks to crack the rankings and Michael Spinks calls out Yankee Sullivan after the latter takes out his brother, while Denver Ed Martin makes people take notice after a big win over Oliver McCall.
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| Elmer Ray 19-2-0 (18) © | vs | Chris Byrd 17-0-0 (7) USBA Title | |
| Byrd is often maligned for his less than exciting style and Ray came out looking to crowd him, doing effective body work early in the encounter. Byrd controlled the action when he kept Ray at bay with the Jab, but Elmer did great job cutting off the ring and working inside. Unfortunately, the USBA champ ran out of gas and was dropped in the 12th and 15th, with the latter giving Byrd the 143-142 advantage. | |
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| Byrd Win 15 Ray - Wins USBA Title | |
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| Tommy Burns 22-0-0 (17) | vs | Randall 'Tex' Cobb 20-1-0 (18) | | |
| A wild brawl that saw Burns come out swinging, battering Cobb in the 1st though the big man seemed impervious to Tommy's blows. Cobb showed well in the next 3 rounds, bulling Burns about the ring, but he was out of gas by the 6th. From that point forward Burns used Cobb's head as target practice and though Cobb was never in serious trouble, he was outclassed as Burns takes it easily (98-93) | |
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| Burns Win 10 Cobb | |
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| Other Results | | | | | |
| Shazzon Bradley | Win 10 | Bob Stallings | | |
| Yankee Sullivan | TKO 5 | Leon Spinks | | |
| Erv Sarlin | KO 7 | Larry Alexander | | |
| Tom Hyer | Win 10 | Juergen Blin | | |
| Jack Taylor | Win 10 | Craig Payne | | |
| Charlie Norkus | Draw 10 | Toakipa Tasefa | | |
| Jack Jeffries | Win 10 | Dan Kiser | | |
| Earl Walls | KO 2 | Jack Scales | | |
| James Grima | KO 8 | Charley Polite | | |
| Jean-Maurice Chanet | Win 10 | Tom Allen | | |
| Al Jones | KO 10 | John Morrissey | | |
| Denver Ed Martin | Win 10 | Oliver McCall | | |
| Bobby Jordan | Win 10 | Guy Casale | | |
| Al Bray | Win 10 | Mike Hunter | | |
| James Pritchard | KO 8 | Joe Byrd | | |
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Two more big title defense in April as Damiani wastes no time putting his world title on the line against the dangerous Sam Langford. Down under Bill Squires will defend the PBC strap against the young upstart David Izon, plus other top contenders in action.
| April Feature Fights | | | | | |
| Francesco Damiani 31-0-0 (29) © | vs | Sam Langford 30-1-0 (26) WBA Title | |
| Bill Squires 27-3-1 (22) © | vs | David Izon 11-0-0 (11) PBC Title | |
The quarterly rankings will be released at the beginning of April and early word is there will be some surprises in the top 15.