Joe Shaw vs. Mauri Backman

Joe Shaw 144 lbs beat Mauri Backman 148 lbs by KO at 0:52 in round 7 of 10

• Date: 1963-06-16
• Location: Jaakiekkostadion, Hameenlinna, Finland
• Referee: Bertil Knutsson
• Judge: Adolfo Minetti
• Judge: Pentti Rautiainen
• Judge: Olli Kulmala

Finnish welter prospect Mauri Backman was not ripe to cope with the American Joe "Buzz" Shaw, who was on a Euro-tour with 4 fights in Great Britain behind him. A left hook to the chin in the 7th sent Backman through the ropes. He banged his head in the boards, managed to crawl back into the ring and was counted out on his feet.

Shaw's record was now 21-1-1.