Eddie Cotton vs. Wayne Thornton (1st meeting)

Eddie Cotton 172 lbs lost to Wayne Thornton 175 lbs by SD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1964-07-03
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Zach Clayton 3-5
• Judge: Frank Forbes 4-5
• Judge: Bill Recht 5-3

"Wayne Thornton of Fresno, Calif., followed his corner's instructions and gained a split 10 round decision over Eddie Cotton of Seattle last night in a nationally televised scrap at MSG. It was an action-crammed bout with Thornton flooring the veteran 38 year old Cotton for an automatic 8-count in the 3rd round and Thornton being saved by the bell ending the 8th round as he reeled across the ring and into the ropes." -Associated Press

• Unofficial AP scorecard - 6-3-1 Cotton
• A ringside poll of seven sportswriters favored Cotton 5-2

Post fight comments

• "The match would go good down there. Thornton is a native of Oak Grove, La., and Pastrano is from New Orleans, so they're both Louisiana boys." -MSG matchmaker Teddy Brenner, hoping to sign Pastrano-Thornton for October in New Orleans.

• "The other guy got away with murder in there." -Whitey Bimstein, Cotton's trainer

• "I'll take Pastrano just like I did Cotton." -Wayne Thornton