Kid Gavilan vs. Johnny Saxton - Revision history

Flatnose at 01:08, 27 August 2025

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	*In the [[Ring Magazine: January 1955\|January 1955]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] (pages 8-9), [[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that the referee showed favoritism, frequently warning Gavilan against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame. It was an extremely dull fight, with scarcely any action for the first eight rounds.		*In the [[Ring Magazine: January 1955\|January 1955]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] (pages 8-9), [[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that the referee showed favoritism, frequently warning Gavilan against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame. It was an extremely dull fight, with scarcely any action for the first eight rounds.
	*20 of 22 boxing writers at ringside had Gavilan winning the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UC5kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5HsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,3683491&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]		*20 of 22 boxing writers at ringside had Gavilan winning the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UC5kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5HsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,3683491&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]
			*Unofficial AP scorecard - 8-4-3 Gavilan
			*Unofficial INS scorecard - 8-5-2 Gavilan
			*Television receipts - $40,000
			*Purses: Gavilan - $40,000 (guaranteed), Saxton - (60% of net and TV minus Gavilan's guarantee) $11,132 (est.)

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Earl moved page Fight:18325 to Kid Gavilan vs. Johnny Saxton

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Earl at 05:07, 4 September 2013

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	[[File:~~F18325~~.jpg\|right\|thumb\|~~250px~~]]		[[File:Gavilan-Saxton-U1070483.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|Kid Gavilan (left) throws a left to the head of Johnny Saxton during the 5th round of their championship bout.]]
	<fight>18325</fight>		<fight>18325</fight>
	'''World Welterweight Title'''		'''World Welterweight Title'''
	*~~In the [[Ring Magazine: January 1955\|January 1955]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine\|The Ring]] (pages 8-9)~~, ~~[[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that~~ the ~~referee showed favoritism, frequently warning~~ Gavilan ~~against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame~~. It was ~~an extremely dull fight~~, with ~~scarcely any action for~~ the ~~first eight rounds~~.		*Gavilan vs. Saxton was originally scheduled for July 14, 1954 at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia, but the fight was postponed because Gavilan injured his right hand. The bout was rescheduled for September 1, but it was again postponed when Gavilan came down with a virus and the mumps. The fight finally took place on October 20 at Convention Hall in Philadelphia. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XnpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7294,5638384&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton+mumps&hl=en]
	*On the day of the fight, word spread that the fix was in. Odds favoring Gavilan at 2� to 1 tumbled to even money in a couple of hours. Finally, the books wiped the fight off the boards, meaning that they weren't accepting any more bets. The ugly rumor of fix and the flood of Saxton money worried the men who made the books. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vZJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,1162052&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]		*On the day of the fight, word spread that the fix was in. Odds favoring Gavilan at 2½ to 1 tumbled to even money in a couple of hours. Finally, the books wiped the fight off the boards, meaning that they weren't accepting any more bets. The ugly rumor of fix and the flood of Saxton money worried the men who made the books. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vZJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,1162052&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]
			*A crowd of 7,909 produced a gross gate of $57,121.
			*In the [[Ring Magazine: January 1955\|January 1955]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] (pages 8-9), [[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that the referee showed favoritism, frequently warning Gavilan against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame. It was an extremely dull fight, with scarcely any action for the first eight rounds.
	*20 of 22 boxing writers at ringside had Gavilan winning the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UC5kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5HsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,3683491&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]		*20 of 22 boxing writers at ringside had Gavilan winning the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UC5kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5HsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,3683491&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]

Earl at 22:52, 26 November 2011

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	'''World Welterweight Title'''		'''World Welterweight Title'''
	*~~According to [[Nat Fleischer]] in ''The Ring'',~~ [[Ring Magazine: January 1955\|January 1955]], pages 8-9, the referee showed ~~favorism~~, frequently warning Gavilan against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame. It was an extremely dull fight, with scarcely any action for the first eight rounds.		*In the [[Ring Magazine: January 1955\|January 1955]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine\|The Ring]] (pages 8-9), [[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that the referee showed favoritism, frequently warning Gavilan against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame. It was an extremely dull fight, with scarcely any action for the first eight rounds.
			*On the day of the fight, word spread that the fix was in. Odds favoring Gavilan at 2� to 1 tumbled to even money in a couple of hours. Finally, the books wiped the fight off the boards, meaning that they weren't accepting any more bets. The ugly rumor of fix and the flood of Saxton money worried the men who made the books. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vZJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,1162052&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]
			*20 of 22 boxing writers at ringside had Gavilan winning the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UC5kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5HsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,3683491&dq=kid+gavilan+saxton&hl=en]

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'''World Welterweight Title'''
*According to [[Nat Fleischer]] in ''The Ring'', [[Ring Magazine: January 1955|January 1955]], pages 8-9, the referee showed favorism, frequently warning Gavilan against holding, whereas Saxton was mainly to blame. It was an extremely dull fight, with scarcely any action for the first eight rounds.