Percy Bassett vs. Charley Riley (1st meeting)
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Percy Bassett 127 lbs beat Charley Riley 128 lbs by KO at 1:09 in round 4 of 10
- Date: 1951-05-07
- Location: Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Referee: Charley Daggert
"Percy Bassett, Philadelphia, right-crossed a Sunday punch to the jaw and knocked out Charley Riley, St. Louis, in the 4th round of their scheduled 10 round bout at the Arena Monday night. Bassett came back after Riley knocked him down in the 1st round and staged an aggressive toe-to-toe battle. Bassett was in trouble repeatedly until he landed the knockout punch at 1:09 of the 4th stanza." -United Press
- Attendance - 4,006
- Gate - $11,326.00