Isaac Logart vs. Walter Byars

Isaac Logart 146 lbs beat Walter Byars 146 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1957-08-23
• Location: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Referee: Jackie Swartz 49-36
• Judge: Jack Aspery 50-38
• Judge: Bill Appleton 49-36

Detroit (AP) Cuban Isaac Logart outboxed willing, but outgunned Walter Byars for a unanimous decsision. Logart weighed 146, Byars, 146. Judge Jack Aspery scored it 50-38, Judge Appleton scored it 49-36, and Referee Jackie Swartz 49-36, all for Logart. The AP had it 48-39 for Logart. The scoring in Michigan is on the five point must system. Logart drew first blood from Byars’ nose in the sixth round and the 25-year-old ex-Marine had trouble breathing the rest of the way. Far the superior boxer, the 24-year-old Logart relied mainly on the left hand, hooking and uppercutting Byars and staying on top of his opponet for the entire route. The only time Byars showed authority was early in the fifth round when he landed two quick right hands that had Logart bleary-eyed for the moment. But the Cuban showed good recuperative powers, lit out after Byars and was in no danger thereafter.