Clyde Gray vs. John Stef

Clyde Gray 149 lbs beat John Stef 147 lbs by TKO at 1:43 in round 6 of 10

• Date: 1978-02-06
• Location: Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Referee: Jack Berry

"Commonwealth welterweight champion Clyde Gray posted an easy 6th round victory over John Stef of East Orange, New Jersey, Monday night in a warmup for his pending title defense with Dave 'Boy' Green of England. Referee Jack Berry stopped the non-title 10 round bout at 1:53 of the 6th round with Stef staggering around the ring before app. 3,100 fans." -Canadian Press

• Gray's defense of his title against Green was originally scheduled for March 3rd and then moved back to March 7th and then to May 9th before it was canceled altogether due to a hand injury incurred by Green in his bout with Roy Johnson.
• This was the first boxing card held in the Edmonton Coliseum.

Post-fight comment

• "I know I'm being brought over to provide Green with a win. I have been Commonwealth champion for five years and this is the first time they have ever invited me over to England. I think they have judged my form on my last world title fight, when I was stopped by Pipino Cuevas, and they think Clyde Gray is slipping. If so they have misjudged the situation. I do not make predictions except that in this case I say that I will take the title back with me to Canada." -Clyde Gray, on his upcoming title defense against Dave 'Boy' Green