Bobby Chacon vs. Alfredo Marcano

Bobby Chacon 125 lbs beat Alfredo Marcano 125 lbs by TKO at 2:18 in round 9 of 15

• Date: 1974-09-07
• Location: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Referee: Ray Solis 78-77
• Judge: Dick Young 78-75
• Judge: Isidro Rodriguez 78-76

"Bobby Chacon, from Sylmar, Calif., won the vacant WBC featherweight championship Saturday night by stopping Venezuelan veteran Alfredo Marcano at 2:18 of the 9th round of a scheduled 15 rounder. Referee Ray Solis of Mexico halted the bout after Chacon knocked down Marcano with two thunderous right hands in a neutral corner. Marcano, a former world junior lightweight champion, beat the count but Solis said, 'I stopped the fight because his eyes were glazed.' It was the only knockdown of the hard-fought, give-and-take battle in which each fighter racked the other." -United Press International

• Attendance - 6,416
• Gate - $87,755
• Purses - both fighters were guaranteed $20,000 apiece

• Unofficial UPI scorecard - 78-74 Chacon