Freddie Steele vs. Indian Jimmy Rivers (1st meeting)

Freddie Steele 155 lbs beat Indian Jimmy Rivers 161 lbs by TKO at 2:58 in round 5 of 10

• Date: 1935-02-12
• Location: Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, USA
• Referee: Tom Louttit

According to the Portland Oregonian, the bout was even through the first five rounds. In the fifth Rivers cracked Steele with a hard right to the jaw, before Steele responded with a left hook to the body. After landing the punch Steele took a knee, and appeared dazed. Rivers then pounded Steele during a period of infighting. All of sudden Rivers dropped to his knee in a neutral corner and whispered something to Referee Tom Louttit, who stopped the bout. Joe Waterman's first main event of his third stint as a matchmaker/promoter in Portland.