Fight:122338

Jimmy Carter 139 lbs lost to Johnny Cunningham 144 lbs by SD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1953-09-12
• Location: Bayfront Park Auditorium, Miami, Florida, USA
• Referee: Mike Kaplan 95-96
• Judge: Mark Erwin 93-94
• Judge: Jerry Sherrard 94-93

• Attendance: 1,900; Gate: $3,310
• Promoter: Joe Schaefer; Matchmaker: Jimmy White

Regarded as a "major upset of the year." Cunningham was a garbage collector at this time and went into the ring on the short end of 9 to 1 odds. Source: The Ring Dec. 1953, p. 63.