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Young Firpo beat Lester White by KO in round 1 of 10
- Date: 1925-10-17
- Location: Howarth Hall, Wallace, Idaho, USA
- Wallace (Idaho) Press Times
WILD BULL LAYS LESTER WHITE IN RECORD TIME
Lester White, Spokane's "Fighting Marine," lasted about half a round with Young Firpo of Burke in one of the scheduled 10 round main events of the boxing card at Howarth Hall last night.
A near capacity crowd of about 1000 fans witnessed the bouts. The big crowd was made impatient by unnecessary delays between contests, the management failing to get the boxers in the ring promptly or to provide gloves and laces until the fans nearly went crazy.
Young Firpo looked better than ever. In White he met a mean slugger who knocked him off balance twice. But the Wild Bull was up and hammering away, laying White twice for the count of nine before he sent to the cleaners. A hook to the side of the jaw put White on his back and the 'Fighting Marine' left the ring punch drunk after his handlers had worked over him for some time.