Fight:327796

Harry Blitman 135 lbs beat Young Joe Firpo 137 lbs by DQ in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1931-05-11
• Location: Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Tommy Reilly

• "They were standing toe to toe in the final round with fists flying, when Referee Reilly stopped them and declared Blitman the winner. He said Firpo was not trying." New York Times, May 12, p. 36. (KO? TKO?)
• Blitman and his manager, Bobby North, were suspended by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission for his "unsatisfactory fight" with Firpo, and reinstated in early July. Ring Magazine: September 1931, p. 60.