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Sailor Ed Petroskey beat Battling Robinson by PTS in round 4 of 4

• Date: 1911-07-14
• Location: Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, California, USA

Battling Robinson is an African-American sailor stationed aboard the U.S.S. California, and the United States Navy's Middleweight Champion. This is his San Francisco debut. [1]

Fritz Holland didn't show for this bout and lost a substantial forfeit; so Sailor Ed Petroskey was subbed and won. Oakland Tribune; San Francisco Call [2]

Robinson's fellow sailors felt that he had been "robbed." [3]