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Kid Chocolate 120 lbs beat Bushy Graham 121 lbs by DQ at 2:04 in round 7 of 15
- Date: 1929-04-12
- Location: New York Coliseum, The Bronx, New York, USA
- This bout was originally proposed as for World Bantamweight Title, but the NYSAC refused to sanction it.
- Venue: Former Madison Square Garden's matchmaker Jess McMahon's brand-new, barn-sized fistic emporium.
- Attendance: 16,000. One thousand counterfeit tickets were reportedly sold and spectators arriving late found their seats already occupied. "There was major fighting within the ring, minor battles among the spectators and general squabbling and killing outside." (AP)
- Chocolate down in 1st & 2d; Graham down in 2d, 6th, and 7th.