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Johnny Hoye 198 lbs lost to Ray Phillips 188 lbs by TKO at 1:05 in round 5 of 10
- Date: 1955-12-29
- Location: Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Referee: Billy Connelly
Ray Phillips rolls toward recognition in the heavyweight division after posting his 22nd straight ring victory. Phillips scored a technical knockout over Johnny Hoye of Taunton at 1:05 of the fifth round of a scheduled 10 last night at Mechanics Building in Boston. Phillips of Boston, weighed 188 1/2, and Hoye, 198 1/2. It was the 19th triumph by knockout, too, for the former Maine lumberjack who is on the comeback trail after three years in the Army.