Marlon Starling vs. Charles Newell

Marlon Starling 147 lbs beat Charles Newell 147 lbs by KO at 2:30 in round 7 of 8

• Date: 1980-01-09
• Location: Civic Center Assembly Hall, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
• Referee: Lou Bogash Jr

Notes

• F. Mac Buckley promoted the card.
• Famed Connecticut radio announcer Bob Steele handled ring announcements for the show.
• Newell died on January 18 from injuries sustained in the fight.
• Max Muravnick, a state boxing inspector, said: "It was a dull fight. No one was hitting. They were in clinches most of the way. It was just one hard blow."
• Newell was an inmate at the Enfield Correctional Center at the time of the match. He was serving a six-to-12 year term for first-degree robbery.

Article

• "Boxer dies from brain damage" The Associated Press, January 19, 1980