Fight:137296

Tiger Flowers 159 lbs beat Johnny Wilson 159 lbs by TKO at 2:55 in round 3 of 10

• Date: 1924-12-09
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Eddie Purdy

"'Tiger' Flowers, Atlanta, Ga., Negro middleweight, won from Johnny Wilson of New York, former middleweight champion, on a technical knockout in the third round of a scheduled ten-round bout when Referee Eddie Purdie stopped the fight when Wilson was on the verge of a knockout and virtually helpless." Iowa City Press-Citizen and many other newspapers. (1924-12-10).

"The end came within five seconds of the end of the round. Wilson was rushed to the corner and hammered by his negro opponent, unable to offer any resistance and almost helpless, when the referee called a halt." Fresno Bee (1924-12-10).