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Fred Fulton W10 Con O’Kelly: Fulton is getting the better of things until the final seconds of a heated fifth, when an O’Kelly uppercut drops the giant Minnesotan for a four count. Fulton regains control in the sixth, nearly stops O’Kelly in the seventh, then drops the Yorkshireman in the eighth, ninth and 10th. To his credit, O’Kelly makes it to his feet each time. Fulton takes a 98-89, 97-90, 97-89 decision.

Luis Angel Firpo KO7 Carl Morris: Firpo batters and nearly stops Morris during a brutally one-sided first round, then drops “The Original White Hope” in the fourth. Morris endures the onslaught, though, and finds Firpo’s chin late in the sixth, dropping him with a right cross just before the bell. Firpo rushes off the stool in the seventh, flooring Morris with a hard combo seconds into the round, flattening him with another midway through and finishing him with a right cross. Referee Earl Morton tolls 10 over Morris with 12 seconds remaining in round seven.

Quintin Romero Rojas WbyDQ7 Captain Bob Roper: The crowd at the Velodrome, in a frenzy after the wild Firpo-Morris punch-out, nearly riots at the end of this enormous upset. Roper is warned for excessive holding at the end of the first and it only gets worse from there. Referee Gerald Scott winds up issuing six warnings – four to Roper and two to Rojas – and taking a point in the fourth from Captain Bob after he delivers a punch to the Chilean’s groin with his next swing after being warned for the same.

The two clean up their acts in the fifth and sixth, two back-and-forth rounds won narrowly by Rojas, with each bringing the crowd to its feet. Late in a slow seventh, though, the two revert to form. Rojas gets Roper in a headlock and wails away until Scott intervenes. Then, with Rojas’ back turned after missing with an overhand right, Roper delivers a savage shot to his opponent’s kidney. Rojas drops as if shot and remains on the floor until Scott rules the foul blatant and disqualifies Roper, triggering a brawl between a large contingent of American fans and their French counterparts, who have adopted Rojas. Rojas leads 59-54 on all three cards at the end.

Young Stribling TKO6 Bombardier Billy Wells: Young Stribling built on the Ugly American motif started by Roper in the previous fight, drawing warnings from referee Danny Nelson on three occasions. Ahead 49-46 on all three cards, Stribling shook Wells with a right cross early in the sixth, then softened the Brit up with jabs before dropping him with an uppercut with 30 seconds remaining.

Wells was up at three, but another hard right ripped a gash over Bombardier Billy’s left eye. The ringside doctor was willing to let the fight go on, but Nelson thought better of it and declared Stribling the winner with nine seconds left in the sixth.