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Rocky Luciano 168 lbs beat Kid Wolfe 163 lbs by PTS in round 6 of 6

• Date: 1943-05-03
• Location: Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MD., TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1943

KID COCOA DEFEATS BALTIMORE RINGMAN

Deacon Johnny Brown out pointed by Wide Margin Before Capacity Crowd

Baltimore, May 4

Deacon Johnny Brown of Baltimore lost a unanimous 15-round decision to Louis (Kid Coco) Hardwick of Hartford. Conn., before a packed house in Baltimore's Coliseum last night. Hardwick weighed in at 155 pounds, Brown at 162. Cocoa was credited with 11 rounds to two for Brown and two even. The hometown boy was just not fast enough and did not hit hard enough to take the measure of Kid Cocoa.

But by far the most interesting bout was the six-rounder following the main go. In a slam bang affair from start to finish, Rocky Luciano of Harrisburg, Pa., was given a booed decision over Kid Wolfe, negro middleweight of Washington, D. C.