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Young Corbett III 157 lbs beat Billy Conn 160 lbs by PTS in round 10 of 10
- Date: 1937-08-13
- Location: Dreamland Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA
- Referee: Jack Downey
Corbett knocked Conn down early in the bout. Conn had been cut over his left eye, from a headbutt, right before being knocked down. After building a substantial lead in the early rounds, Corbett coasted through the 2nd half of the bout, until Conn began to score repeatedly. Corbett awakened in the 9th round, and began to batter Conn, hurting him with a left to the body in the 10th.
Source: Oakland Tribune, which scored the bout for Corbett 5-4-1.
The San Francisco Chronicle scored the bout 5-4-1 in rounds for Conn, feeling that the bout could have been scored a draw "without hurting anybody's feelings."