Fight:77198

Nick Barone 166 lbs beat Chuck Hunter 166 lbs by PTS in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1948-11-17
• Location: Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Weights: 166 each
• Matchmaker: Larry Atkins
• Joe Louis, 220, and Jimmy Bivins, 180, boxed a six-round exhibition on this program, using 12-ounce gloves instead of the regular eight-ouncers.
• Bivins opened a cut above Louis's left eye in the second round, and opened it up again in the fourth. Louis originally sustained the wound Nov. 8 when he accidentally bumped heads with Johnny Shkor in an exhibition at Boston.
• Attendance: 10,086; Gate: $47,591 (Louis received 35% of the receipts)

Tacoma News Tribune wire report