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Fri, Feb 03, 1939, The Barre Daily Times, VT - At the Barre Armory on Thursday night, 600 fans were on hand to see the first boxing show in Barre in five years. Hub Parker, 160, Newport took on K.O. Spindolini, 153 of New Britain, Connecticut in a 10 round main event. Besides 7 pounds under Parker, Spindolini was supposadly fighting with a bad shoulder. The first couple rounds there was not much action. In the third, Parker began connecting with some lefts and then a cross right caught Spindolini and sent him down for a count of nine. Fourth thru the seventh rounds were spent with each fighter able to make some connecting punches. Then in round eight, Parker connected with a left and countered quickly with a right to Spindolini's chin sending him down to the canvas. Account says the referee didn't even bother to count as it was obvious Spindolini was out and the fight over. The Burlington Daily News of Feb 03 account of the fight put the crowd size for the show at about 900. Record: W12(KO 8) / L12(KO 2) / D4

Wed, Feb 15, 1939, The Barre Daily Times, VT - Fight card announcement for Thursday, Feb 16th at the Barre Armory which includes Hub Parker, Newport, 168 lbs vs Johnny (K.O.) Kasper, Burlington, 168 lbs in the 10 round Main Event.

Fri, Feb 17, 1939, The Barre Daily Times, VT - Thursday night, at the Barre Armory, about 700 fight fans were enjoying a good boxing desplay put on by Johnny Kasper against his opponent, Hub Parker for the first three rounds of thier scheduled 10 rounds. This account and at least two other newspaper accounts put Kasper at a 9 pound fight weight less than Parker. The card announcement on the 15th put them both at 168? Kasper was out boxing Parker for those first three rounds when in the fourth, with Kasper still dishing out punches connecting on Parker, Parker moved towards the rope and then turned and brought a hard "rabbit punch" on Kasper's neck and followed that with a left to the body and then a right to the chin that dropped Kasper to the canvas for 10 count by Referee Saldi, and KO victory for Parker. W13(KO 9) / L12(KO 2) / D4

See attached a full photo finally of our man, Hub Parker! This from the Feb 25th, 1939 The Newport Daily Express.