Floyd Patterson vs. Jimmy Walls
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Floyd Patterson 183 lbs beat Jimmy Walls 192 lbs by TKO at 2:29 in round 2 of 10
- Date: 1956-03-12
- Location: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
- Referee: Max Muravnick
- Time: 2:29
Patterson put Walls down with a left hook in the first round. Walls was down again at the beginning of the 2nd round and for a final 3rd time at the 2:29 mark, after which Muravnik stopped it.
Following the fight, deputy state athletic commissioner, Edward Casey, stated that Walls has put up "a bad performance", and would recommend that he be suspended for 60 days.