Fight:125422

Lauro Salas 129 lbs beat Lou Filippo 135 lbs by TKO at 1:30 in round 9 of 10

• Date: 1956-09-22
• Location: Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, USA
• Referee: Tommy Hart 69-73
• Judge: George Latka 75-77
• Judge: Reggie Gilmore 74-77

• Filippo is floored in the third round. (The 1999 The Ring incorrectly stated this was his first career knockdown, when, in fact, Filippo had been down twice against Len Thomas in 1948.)
• Ahead on points but badly cut over both eyes, Filippo is excused in the ninth round for medical treatment--taking eight stitches over one eye, and five over the other eye.
• Voted the Southern California Boxing Writers Association Fight of the Year

Source: The Ring magazine: Holiday 1999 issue, p. 56