Henry Jeffra vs. Sixto Escobar (4th meeting)

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Sixto Escobar 118 lbs beat Harry Jeffra 118 lbs by UD in round 15 of 15

  • Date: 1938-02-20
  • Location: Escambron Baseball Park, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • Said to be for the Bantamweight World Title (presumably the NBA and/or NYSAC version).
    • Jeffra knocked down three times, twice in the eleventh and once in the 14th, all for nine-counts.
    • Attendance: 12,000.
    • February 20 is the correct date of this fight according to El Mundo, San Juan, although what purports to be a surviving ticket to this event says it was scheduled for Feb. 19.
    • Photo #2