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Flatnose moved page Fight:77711 to Harold Carter vs. Young Jack Johnson

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Flatnose: Created page with "77711 "Harold Carter of Linden, N.J., last night won a unanimous 10-round decision over Young Jack Johnson of Los Angeles in MSG. Johnson, 201, who towered over Carter, 194 1/4, fought in brief spurts, leaning on his opponent most of the way. Carter, a tireless machine, kept coming at Johnson, slamming at the body in the early rounds and shifting to the head in the last half." -Associated Press Unofficial AP scorecard - 9-1 Carter Young Jack Johnson ac..."

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Created page with "<fight>77711</fight> "Harold Carter of Linden, N.J., last night won a unanimous 10-round decision over Young Jack Johnson of Los Angeles in MSG. Johnson, 201, who towered over Carter, 194 1/4, fought in brief spurts, leaning on his opponent most of the way. Carter, a tireless machine, kept coming at Johnson, slamming at the body in the early rounds and shifting to the head in the last half." -Associated Press *Unofficial AP scorecard - 9-1 Carter *Young Jack Johnson ac..."

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"Harold Carter of Linden, N.J., last night won a unanimous 10-round decision over Young Jack Johnson of Los Angeles in MSG. Johnson, 201, who towered over Carter, 194 1/4, fought in brief spurts, leaning on his opponent most of the way. Carter, a tireless machine, kept coming at Johnson, slamming at the body in the early rounds and shifting to the head in the last half." -Associated Press

*Unofficial AP scorecard - 9-1 Carter
*Young Jack Johnson accepted this bout on 4-days notice, substituting for Bob Baker, who withdrew with a heavy cold.
*Carter and Baker eventually met in MSG on January 11, 1957
*Attendance - 1,500
*Gate - $3,500

Post-fight comments

* "We're in no hurry. Harold needs more experience. He's had only 25 fights and he's winning despite his mistakes." -Gene Holmes, Carter's manager

* "Never again will I take a fight on such short notice. Johnson was in shape physically but he wasn't sharp. We were going to fight in Los Angeles but the date hadn't even been set when we got the rush call to come here." -George Tolson, Johnson's manager

Harold Carter vs. Young Jack Johnson - Revision history

Flatnose: Flatnose moved page Fight:77711 to Harold Carter vs. Young Jack Johnson