Here are the results from a card held at the Salem Armory, Salem, NJ, on Thursday, January 14, 1926. The results from this card are not included in the Boxrec database. Note that the two Camden newspapers, which were sister publications, reported completely different results for the third bout on the card.
Jack Gross, 209, Salem, NJ W8 Charlie Monroe, 190, Philadelphia
Vic Righter, 158, Gloucester, NJ KO3 Joe Abbott, 156, Salem, NJ
Pete Mitchell, Pennsgrove, NJ KO2 Joe Schneider, Salem, NJ (according to the "Morning Post") (weights not reported)
Joe Snyder, Salem, NJ KO1 Pete Mitchell, Pennsgrove, NJ (according to the "Camden Courier") (weights not reported)
Pat Gunning,* Salem, NJ W4 Punk Morris, Salem NJ (weights not reported)
Kid Firpo, Pennsgrove, NJ W4 Kid Dunn, Salem, NJ (flyweights)
Referee: Jimmy Dean
*The "Camden Courier" spelled the name Gunning, while the "Morning Post" spelled it Guning.
The "Morning Post" identified Abbott as "a local farmer".
Sources for the results: "Camden Courier", Camden, NJ, January 15, 1926, page 38, and the "Morning Post", Camden, NJ, January 15, 1926, page 20. While the two newspapers disagreed on the outcome of one of the knockouts, they did agree on the distance bouts.
Salem, NJ, January 14, 1926, Complete Results from Previously Unreported Card
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