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1926-11-09 Gloucester Arena, Gloucester, New Jersey, US

Sources for the results: Evening Courier, Camden, NJ (11-10-26, p. 26) and The Morning Post, Camden, NJ (11-10-26, p. 20). Sources for previews of the card: Evening Courier, Camden, NJ (11-8-26, p. 21) and The Morning Post, Camden, NJ (11-9-26, p. 16). Source for an advertisement for the card: The Morning Post, Camden, NJ (11-8-26, p. 16). A fifth bout was scheduled; Young Kilbane was to have made his professional debut vs. Jimmy Peterson of Westville, NJ, but Peterson did not show up. The Evening Courier described Rodgers as 'a poor specimen from Manayunk". The newspaper added that "O'Brien showed an astonishing ability to absorb punishment".