Charley Shipes vs. Percy Manning

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Charley Shipes 146 lbs beat Percy Manning 146 lbs by TKO in round 10 of 15

  • Date: 1966-12-08
  • Location: High School Gym, Hayward, California, USA

    • "Having knocked out Philadelphian Percy Manning for the world welterweight championship of California, Charley Shipes stands anxious to add more territory to his domain. In the old Hayward High School Gymnasium, Shipes used a punishing body attack and crisp shots to the jaw to punctuate his claim for the title. Manning went down twice in the 10th round of a scheduled 15 and had no complaints when referee Vern Bybee stopped the bout, awarding a KO victory to Shipes, from Oakland, California. Percy used his reach to advantage early in the fight but then Shipes slowed him with a favorite combination of short left to the head and banging right to the body. In the 10th, a right to the head shook Manning and a flurry of punches put him down. He was on his feet rapidly, but ran into a barrage ended by a left to the jaw and right to the body and again went down. He wobbled up, but Bybee immediately called a halt." -Associated Press

    • The welterweight title had been declared vacant after champion Emile Griffith moved up and won the middleweight title. California, at this time was not a member of the WBA and did not participate in their eliminators for the vacant title. They then staged their own bout for the vacant title between Shipes and Manning.

    Scorecards (all for Shipes)

    • Referee Vern Bybee - 5-2
    • Judge Rudy Ortega - 5-2
    • Judge Elmer Costa - 5-3
    • Unofficial AP scorecard - 5-2 Shipes
    • Unofficial Hayward Daily Review - 6-2 Shipes

    Post-fight comments

    • "He caught me with my mouth open with the first right. The first time didn't hurt, that second right did." -Percy Manning
    • "We sparred with tall boys in training and I worked so much on body punches they were automatic. I'd say Manning was the best boxer I've fought." -Charley Shipes
    • "We'd like to challenge Curtis Cokes to fight and clear this thing up. Either he can come here or we would go to Dallas. I think he would draw more money in the new Oakland Arena than he's ever seen before." -Dick Sadler, Shipes' manager
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