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Young Firpo 165 lbs beat Mike Brotherton 165 lbs by KO at 0:30 in round 1 of 12
- Date: 1925-11-30
- Location: Auditorium, Kellogg, Idaho, USA
- Wallace (Idaho) Press Times
WALLA WALLA SLUGGER KISSES CANVAS LESS THAN 50 SECONDS AFTER MAIN EVENT GO STARTED
There were less than eight rounds of fighting on the Eagles' fight card at the auditorium last night, but there was more action packed in those eight stanzas than is often seen in eight whole cards.
Brotherton, the much touted battler from Walla Walla lasted less than a minute with the invincible Firpo. He went down and took the count of nine on one knee 29 seconds after the round started. He arose, started a right lead, missed and went to sleep flat on his face when Firpo took him on the right cheek with a snappy right hook.
The knockout punch was not exactly a right hook, either. It was a sort of cross between a right hook and a right jab, but it had all Firpo behind it. Brotherton took the count of 300. He was out just five minutes.
Here is the fight by rounds: They shook hands. They sparred. Firpo led with his left and Brotherton side-stepped it. Brotherton led a weak left. Firpo led with his left and followed with his right. Brotherton made him miss. They crashed into the ropes. On the break away Firpo landed a right to the head and Brotherton went to his knee. He took the count of nine. He came up and set himself for a right to Firpo's jaw. The right started but never landed. Firpo hit Brotherton on the right cheek bone with a short right cross between a jab, a chop and a punch. Brotherton took a long sleep.