Fight:19437

Benny Leonard 132 lbs lost to Freddie Welsh 135 lbs by NWS in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1916-07-28
• Location: Washington Park A.C., Brooklyn, New York, USA
• Newspaper decision for Welsh from Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Ed Curley (New York American/International News Service), New York Evening Journal, P.T. Knox (New York Evening Telegram), Robert Edgren (New York Evening World), New York Herald, Igoe (New York Morning World), New York Times, W. O. M'Geehan (New York Tribune), Robert W. Maxwell (Philadelphia Evening Ledger), Billy Rocap (Philadelphia Public Ledger), W.R. Cluxton (Trenton Evening Times), United Press.
• Newspaper decision for Leonard from New York Sun and Press, Associated Press.
• A draw from Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Welsh "met his recent conqueror, Benny Leonard, in a ten-round bout and outpointed him as decisively as Leonard handed it to him a few months ago". (Ed Curley)
• "Excepting one round, the third, Welsh won all the way". (United Press)
• "Leonard bested the title holder in eight of the ten rounds". (Associated Press)
• Welsh, "by rallying towards the latter part of the ten rounds, evened up the milling with Benny Leonard". (Philadelphia Inquirer)