Eddie Spence vs. Henry Jeter
Eddie Spence 170 lbs beat Henry Jeter 179 lbs by KO in round 4 of 10
- Date: 1970-11-21
- Location: Boys Club, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Referee: Pete Mancuso
SPENCE MAKES POPULAR HIT IN STOPPING JETER IN 4TH - BERKSHIRE EAGLE, Monday, November 23, 1970. by Roger O'GARA.
Long-haired, hard-hitting Eddie Spence, 170, of Pittsfield reached a new plateau of popularity Saturday night in the Boys Club gymnasium, where approximately 1,300 cheered him wildly as he knocked out Henry Jeter, 179, of White Plains, N. Y., at the end of the fourth round. Referee Pete Mancuso of North Adams counted out Jeter after the bell ending the round had sounded.
A fusillade of solid rights to the jaw finished the muscular former New York City Golden Gloves champion after the two had gone at it hammer and tongs all the way.
SPENCE RALLIES
Jeter, showing a snapping left jab and a sharp right cross, had punished Spence severely in the second round, but the Pittsfield boy rallied to deck his opponent in the third.
Spence, showing an aggressiveness he hadn't hitherto displayed landed steaming rights to the stomach in the first round while Jeter peppered him regularly with left jabs and occasionally made contact with a left hook. Spence stiffened Jeter in the fourth round with long, smashing rights to the jaw. Just before the end, Jeter stood toe to toe with his adversary in lively exchanges in a corner, but Spence, staying on top of him, cut him down to size with a vicious two-fisted attack.
Spence's reward, according to Sam Silverman, will be a place on the Silverman's Christmas card in Boston Grden on Dec. 15. Silverman hopes toline up a suitable opponet soon.