Vicente Saldivar vs. Beresford Francis

Vicente Saldivar 126 lbs beat Beresford Francis 123 lbs by TKO at 2:52 in round 2 of 10

• Date: 1963-09-21
• Location: Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
• Referee: Ramon Berumen

"Vicente Saldivar, 126, of Mexico scored a TKO over Panamanian featherweight champion Berisford Francis, 125, in 2:52 of the 2nd round of a scheduled 10 round match at the Arena Mexico Saturday night. Referee Ramon Berumen stopped the fight as Francis struggled to his feet after a knockdown, the only official knockdown of the bout. Francis went down earlier in the round, tumbling through the ropes onto the edge of the ring under a barrage of blows, but Berumen ruled it was not a knockdown." -Associated Press