Fight:67918

Jose Basora 167 lbs lost to Holly Mims 157 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 8 of 10

• Date: 1951-01-22
• Location: Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Dave Beloff

Holly Mims, 157, cruelly beat his huskier opponent, Jose Basora, 167, for eight one-sided rounds. Referee Dave Beloff stopped the fight, scheduled for ten, after the eighth round when Whitey Bimstein, chief second for Basora, announced the old Senor from San Juan could go no farther. As early as the first round Mims demonstrated that Basora's superior size and poundage would be of no help to him. Mims dropped the plodding Basora for an eight count in the first round with a blistering left hook and a right to the head. Through the fourth, fifth, and sixth, Holly's straight rights to the jaw had Basora tipsy, and Basora's right eye was moused in the fifth, then cut and closed to a mere slit. Basora was cut to proverbial red ribbons in the seventh and eighth when Mims brought up cuffing rights on the inside. Basora's plight was beyond hope, so his cornerman asked for the cease-fire.

Mims knocked Basora down for an eight-count in the 1st round. Mims cut Basora into a bloody mess in the 7th and 8th, and Basora' corner asked for the bout to be stopped after the 8th round.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer