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Dave Schuster 129 lbs beat Willie Kane 127 lbs by NWS in round 8 of 8
- Date: 1921-01-03
- Location: Arena, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Newspaper decision, Trenton Evening Times, which scored the bout 4-3-1. Kane collapsed after the bout in what the newspaper termed a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized for that. The newspaper described the bout as "...a ding dong affair that tossed the large audience into hysterics." Regarding weights, the newspaper said: "Kane weighed in at 127 pounds with most of his street clothes on, while Schuster tipped the beams at 129 pounds stripped. This meant a weight advantage of perhaps six or seven pounds for Schuster."