Fight:125399

Lauro Salas 129 lbs beat Gil Velarde 129 lbs by TKO at 2:48 in round 9 of 10

• Date: 1954-10-05
• Location: Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA
• Referee: Merlin Tuffy Zeigler 42-46
• Judge: Johnny Bassanelli 43-45
• Judge: Fred Bottaro 44-44

Velarde injured his right hand in the 6th round, after building a lead on Salas. Salas began to rally, and was hitting Velarde at will, when the bout was stopped.

Source: Sacramento Bee