Fight:652302

Billy Kilroy 155 lbs beat Gene Boland 152 lbs by SD in round 8 of 8

• Date: 1947-04-29
• Location: Watres Armory, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Billy Soose 3-4
• Judge: Steve Brodie Opsosnick 5-3
• Judge: Ken Werst 6-2

Kilroy who was staggered in the 4th and 5th rounds, overcame an early swelling of his left eye, to rally and defeat Boland. Kilroy battered Boland along the ropes for thirty seconds in the 7th round.

Source: Scranton Tribune