Fight:192577

Holly Mims 157 lbs beat Georgie Johnson 152 lbs by KO at 2:59 in round 9 of 10

• Date: 1954-05-05
• Location: Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Referee: Eddie Leonard 80-67
• Judge: Lee Halfpenny 80-69
• Judge: Benny Goldstein 80-73

What Mims did to Johnson was one of the most skillful boxing demonstrations seen in the Baltimore Coliseum in many a night.

Mims set his man up for a spectacular finish by displaying a stiff left jab in the early rounds.

The end came one second before the bell would have ended the ninth after Mims had spent most of the round luring Johnson into taking the lead and pinning Mims against the ropes.

Mims straightened him with a stiff right uppercut, followed with a crossing left hook, and draped him over the lower rope with a triphammer overhand right, where Johnson took the full count.

Until then, Mims had toyed with Johnson, who had won 27 of 30 previous bouts, 21 by knockout.

Source: Baltimore Sun