Dan Bucceroni vs. Freddie Beshore

Dan Bucceroni 188 lbs beat Freddie Beshore 194 lbs by TKO at 2:41 in round 8 of 10

• Date: 1953-11-18
• Location: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Referee: Joe Stone 41.5-35.5

"Philadelphia's Dan Bucceroni registered a TKO victory when referee Joe Stone waved Freddie Beshore of Los Angeles to the repair pit in the 8th round last night. Bucceroni, who hopes to get a shot at champion Rocky Marciano next year, was in command all the way, but Beshore showed an amazing ability to sop up punishment. A national audience of television fans saw Beshore blasted from corner to corner, but he kept wading in as Bucceroni, possessing an edge of three inches in reach and five inches in height, slammed lefts and rights to his head. There were no knockdowns in the fight scheduled for 10 rounds. When the fight was stopped at 2:41 of the 8th, Beshore was bleeding from the nose and a cut over his left eye and his left side was reddened by glove burns. Bucceroni was unmarked." -Associated Press

• Attendance - 5,000 (app.)
• Gate - $17,036