Fight:18282
Kid Gavilan 152 lbs beat Georgie Small 159 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10
- Date: 1950-05-26
- Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
- Referee: Mark Conn 8-2
- Judge: Young Otto 7-3
- Judge: Bert Grant 8-2
Small suffered a broken jaw in this fight
"...your ringsider just couldn’t find a frame in which Small held an edge. We called the eighth even because the Keed coasted the first two minutes, but scored all the others his way.
...The Keed had just too much class and too much speed. Although out-reached and out-weighed by seven pounds, Gavilan was in complete charge while Small was staggered in several stanzas.
...Gavilan had Small reeling as early as the third round, when he put on one of his typical flaming flurries, backing his opponent against the ropes and then pinning him in a neutral corner.
...By the seventh, the Keed was staggering the bigger man, scoring with rocking rights on three occasions in this round. After coasting in the eighth, he opened up again in the ninth and again in the final minute of the 10th." -Gene Ward, Daily News