Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Harold Johnson

Johnson goes down in the third round

Jersey Joe Walcott 197 lbs beat Harold Johnson 180 lbs by KO at 1:03 in round 3 of 10

• Date: 1950-02-08
• Location: Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Dave Beloff

Notes

• The crowd of 7,500 produced a gate of $32,519.
• Walcott received 40% of the receipts and Johnson 20%.
• Johnson, who won the first round, was knocked down in the second round for a count of three. It was give and take in the early moments of the third round when Johnson stopped short and sank to the canvas. His face was a mask of pain as he rolled over and over. Referee Dave Beloff waved Walcott to a neutral corner and counted out the stricken Johnson.
• Dr. Joseph I. Levy, physician for the commission, had Johnson removed from the ring on a stretcher. Dr. Levy examined Johnson and announced that a preliminary examination disclosed an injury to the intervertebral disc located in the small of the back.
• Walcott said he believed Johnson twisted his back when he was knocked down in the second round.
• Fourteen years earlier, Walcott stopped Johnson's father, Phil Johnson, in three rounds.