Fight:575781

Jimmy Connors 129 lbs lost to Jimmy Kelly 133 lbs by KO at 2:40 in round 5 of 10

• Date: 1958-06-30
• Location: Sargent Field, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
• Referee: Billy Connelly 37-39

  1  8 10	2 10 10	3  9 10	4 10 9

• Judge: Joe Lynch 39-37

  1  9 10	2 10 9	3 10 9	4 10 9

• Judge: Joe Amaral 36-39

  1  7 10	2  9 10	3 10 10	4 10 9

Kelly knocked out Connors with a right hand shot to the jaw, after putting him down twice earlier in the round. Kelly had also knocked Connors down in the 1st round with a left hook to the jaw, for a nine-count.

Source: New Bedford Standard-Times