Eddie Booker vs. Harry Matthews

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Eddie Booker 163 lbs beat Harry Matthews 165 lbs by TKO at 2:01 in round 5 of 10

  • Date: 1943-08-09
  • Location: Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, California, USA
  • Referee: Frankie Brown

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Booker got off to a slow start and allowed Matthews to outbox him early in the bout. In the 4th round he gradually began to beat Matthews up to the body. In the 5th round, the referee stopped the bout. Booker was purportedly protecting a cut he had sustained in a previous fight


"Eddie Booker of San Francisco defeated Harry Matthews of Emmett, Idaho, by a TKO at Coliseum Bowl last night when referee Frankie Brown halted the bout in the 5th round after Matthews had suffered a terrific body beating. Matthews, who went in at 163 to Booker's 165, fought one good round - the 2nd - winning it with a solid left, which shook Booker. Booker was in no trouble, however, either then or later as he concentrated everything into a punishing body attack." -United Press

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