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Billy Petrolle 144 lbs beat Bep van Klaveren 146 lbs by RTD in round 4 of 10

• Date: 1933-07-12
• Location: Polo Grounds, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Billy Cavanaugh

"The bout was stopped between the fourth and fifth rounds because van Klaveren was suffering from laceration of the right eye. At the time the bout was halted van Klaveren was leading his veteran opponent and looked like an easy victor." (Nevada State Journal) Scoring or comments by some other ringside reporters at the end of four rounds: Alfred Dayton of the New York Sun (Petrolle-2, van Klaveren-2); Ed Frayne of the New York American (P-2, vK-2); Henry McLemore of United Press (vK-2, P-1, D-1); Edward J. Neil of the Associated Press (P-3, vK-1); James Dawson of the New York Times (vK-4, P-0); Ike Gellis of the New York Evening Post (no indication); Hype Igoe of the New York Evening Journal ("Petrolle was fighting in cool fashion"); Harry Grayson of the New York World-Telegram ("Petrolle had a lot of his old stuff"); Richard Vidmer of the New York Herald-Tribune ("the Fargo Express was roaring along at high speed").