Stanley Ketchel vs. Billy Papke (2nd meeting)

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Stanley Ketchel lost to Billy Papke by TKO in round 12 of 25

  • Date: 1908-09-07
  • Location: Jeffries' Arena, Vernon, California, USA
  • Referee: James J Jeffries
  • World Middleweight Title
  • Bout summary: [1]
  • Newspaper accounts: [2]


When "Jeffries, the referee, called time and Ketchel walked to the center extending his hand for the shake, Papke ignored the hand and sailed into the Michigan man..." Wire report from Atlanta Constitution.