Ike Williams vs. Johnny Bratton (3rd meeting)

Ike Williams 143 lbs beat Johnny Bratton 146 lbs by TKO at 1:44 in round 8 of 10

• Date: 1950-01-20
• Location: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Referee: Norm McGarrity

Bratton quit with a broken jaw.

"Lightweight champion Ike Williams, 143, moved into welterweight contention with a smashing TKO of Chicago's Johnny 'Honeyboy' Bratton in the 8th round of a scheduled 10-rounder. It was the third time Williams had defeated Bratton. Bratton quit suddenly while absorbing a beating to the head. He held his jaw, the same one Beau Jack broke in a Chicago Stadium bout two years ago. Bratton motioned to referee Norm McGarrity that his jaw may have been broken and then walked to his corner. Bratton was taken to a hospital, treated and released. X-Rays were to be taken today." -Associated Press

• Bratton's physician, Dr. Arno Leshin acknowledged that Bratton sustained a compound fracture of the jaw, but maintained that it was a new injury and not a refracture at the same point where his jaw was broken two years earlier by Beau Jack.
• Bratton's contract had been sold to Hyman Wallman of New York for $12,500 just before this bout.
• Attendance - 11,535
• Gate - $44,072.32