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Erich Schoppner 174 lbs beat Paul Roux 173 lbs by TKO at 1:00 in round 13 of 15
- Date: 1961-02-05
- Location: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Referee: Jean Welter
EBU (European) light heavyweight title
- Schoppner (Schoeppner) was unbeaten as a professional, with a record of 33-0-1.
- "Roux opened cuts on Schoeppner's right and left brow. In return, Schoeppner cut Roux's left brow and bloodied his ear with a heavy right to the head. The German kept pounding away at Roux's bleeding ear, which swelled round by round." Feb. 6 New York Times