Dan: Created page with " 119115 Virgil Akins won on a foul for 10 minutes in a bristling battle with Charley Baxter of Cincinnati, but another commission decision reversed the verdict. Akins went down in the third round of a scheduled six from a left hook that appeared low. When he was unable to continue and seemed semi-paralyzed for several moments, Referee Paul Spic recommended the fight go to Virgil on a below-the-border clout. However, DR. Freedman said evidence showed Akins..."

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Created page with " <Fight>119115</fight> Virgil Akins won on a foul for 10 minutes in a bristling battle with Charley Baxter of Cincinnati, but another commission decision reversed the verdict. Akins went down in the third round of a scheduled six from a left hook that appeared low. When he was unable to continue and seemed semi-paralyzed for several moments, Referee Paul Spic recommended the fight go to Virgil on a below-the-border clout. However, DR. Freedman said evidence showed Akins..."

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Virgil Akins won on a foul for 10 minutes in a bristling battle with Charley Baxter of Cincinnati, but another commission decision reversed the verdict. Akins went down in the third round of a scheduled six from a left hook that appeared low. When he was unable to continue and seemed semi-paralyzed for several moments, Referee Paul Spic recommended the fight go to Virgil on a below-the-border clout. However, DR. Freedman said evidence showed Akins was not fouled. The commission then awarded Baxter a technical knockout. (Source: St. Louis Globe-Democrat. April 06, 1948)

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