Fight:102298

Left photo: LaBarba down in the 2nd round; right photo: a similar scene a few minutes later.

Fidel LaBarba 117 lbs lost to Johnny Vacca 116 lbs by PTS in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1927-02-14
• Location: Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Referee: Jimmy Walsh
• Judge: Pat Moran
• Judge: Jim Harmon

• "Vacca's showing was all the more remarkable because he was without hope of financial compensation. When a heavy snowstorm made a good box office impossible, he volunteered to go through for nothing and his offer was accepted." (AP)
• According to the news wire account, Vacca knocked LaBarba down four times, each for a nine-count.
• According the Boston Globe, Vacca was a big underdog at between 6-to-1 or 7-to-1