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Young Harry Wills beat Johnny 'Bandit' Romero by TKO in round 5 of 10
- Date: 1930-05-02
- Location: Coliseum, San Diego, California, USA
- Referee: Billy McMahon
Romero was knocked down twice in the 2nd round for nine counts. Wills knocked Romero down in the 5th round with a left hook to the body, for a nine-count. Romero went down again shortly thereafer, apparently in an attempt to recover. Wills then went back to Romero's body, and floored him again, this time Romero's corner threw in the towel as their man went down for the third time in the round.
Source: San Diego Union