Tyrone Everett vs. Hyun-Chi Kim
Tyrone Everett 130 lbs beat Hyun Chi Kim 129 lbs by TKO at 1:25 in round 6 of 10
- Date: 1975-07-24
- Location: Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Referee: Pete Tomasco
Everett earns shot at title
United Press International, July 25, 1975
Tyrone Everett of Philadelphia scored a sixth-round technical knockout over Korean Hyun Chi Kim Thursday night and probably earned a shot at the junior lightweight title.
Everett had opened cuts over Kim's eyes in the fourth and fifth rounds and referee Pete Tomasco finally stopped the fight at 1:25 of the sixth round after Kim complained that he couldn't see.
In the first two rounds, the 130-pound Everett started slowly by feeling out his opponent, who was half a pound lighter.
But Everett scored with combinations and jabs in the third round and it was a right jab in the fourth that opened up the cut over Kim's left eye.
In the fifth, Everett opened a cut over Kim's right eye.
Everett, ranked number two in the World Boxing Association's professional ratings, is 27-0 with 16 knockouts, and the third-ranked Kim is 23-2 with nine KOs.
Kim's only other defeat was by junior-lightweight champ Ben Villaflor, who suffered a detached retina and may be forced to retire.
If Villaflor does retire, Everett will probably be matched with first-ranked Sammy Serrano of Puerto Rico for the championship.