Jose (Toluco) Lopez vs. Billy Peacock (3rd meeting)
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Toluco Lopez 118 lbs beat Billy Peacock 118 lbs by TKO at 2:41 in round 11 of 12
- Date: 1958-04-01
- Location: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Referee: Mushy Callahan 97-85
"In the companion feature, Toluco Lopez, Mexican bantamweight champion, knocked out Billy (Sweetpea) Peacock in the 11th round. The fight opened sensationally. Peacock dropped Lopez for a nine-count in the 2nd round and it looked as if it was going to be over soon. Lopez managed, however, to weather the round. Lopez came out full of fight in the 3rd round, gave Peacock a terrific beating and dropped him for a nine count. Peacock went down again but beat the count. Lopez began closing Peacock's right eye in the 9th round and when Peacock came out for the 10th, his eye was completely closed and he took a bad beating. Referee Mushy Callahan finally stopped it at 2:45 of the 11th round." -Pasadena Star-News
- This bout was fought on the undercard to the world featherweight title match between Hogan (Kid) Bassey and Ricardo Moreno.