Fight:500798

Ed Cuffe beat Tom Avery by KO in round 4 of 6

• Date: 1889-04-26
• Location: California A.C., San Francisco, California, USA

The bout was with gloves, and was scheduled for 6 rounds. During the fourth, Avery fell to the floor and died. Cause of death was attributed to heart failure.

Reno Evening Gazette, April 27, 1889; (San Francisco) Daily alta California, April 30, 1889.

Courtesy of Death under the Spotlight: The Manuel Velasquez Boxing Fatality Collection [1]