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Harry Dillon beat Ray Pelkey by PTS in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1927-01-18
• Location: Armory, Portland, Oregon, USA

"Constant dropping of water wears away the hardest stone, and Harry Dillon of Winnipeg demonstrated last night at the armory that a continuous rain of punches to the jaw will grind down a tough durable fighter when he weathered a fearful body attack launched by Ray Pelkey of Oakland and eked out a hairline decision in the tenth round of the light heavyweight main event of the boxing show. "Portland Oregonian

[Winnipeg Tribune] "..Dillon weathered a fearful body attack launched by the Californian but countered with an equally biter onslaught, climaxed by a terrific barrage in the final round.."