Kenny Lane vs. Lahouari Godih (1st meeting)

Kenny Lane 142 lbs beat Lahouari Godih 140 lbs by SD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1958-11-07
• Location: War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA
• Referee: Joe Palmer 7-3
• Judge: Dick Albino 4-6
• Judge: Harold McGrath 5-3

"Kenny Lane, the No. 1 lightweight contender, did little to help himself last night after scraping past Lahouari Godih, the Algerian from Oran who now lives in Paris, on a split 10 round decision in a dreary bout. They spent most of the 10 rounds clutching and wrestling while referee Joe Palmer tried to pry them apart. Palmer almost caught a left hook from Godih when he broke up a clinch in the 10th. In the dressing room after the fight, Jersey Jones, Godih's American manager, was bitter about the referee. Among other things Jones called Palmer's work incompetent and his scoring way off the beam. Lane's handlers couldn't understand the split decision. They thought it should have been unanimous." -Associated Press

• Unofficial AP scorecard - 5-4-1 Lane

Post fight comment

• "If they are talking about Brown and Busso, why not match me with Busso for an elimination." -Kenny Lane, discussing the rumored Joe Brown - Johnny Busso title fight.