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20 April 2024

  • 19:1019:10, 20 April 2024 diff hist +131 N Fight:1525317Created page with "<fight>1525317</fight> Holly Mims, 161 1/2, won a unanimous decision over Sugar Boy Watkins, 158. Mims floored his opponent twice." current

18 April 2024

  • 20:2120:21, 18 April 2024 diff hist +2,372 N Fight:192583Created page with "<fight>192583</fight> Holley Mims really deserves his title of spoiler. The Washington middleweight did it again last night when he upset here-to-fore unbeaten Willie Troy, Washington. Mims left no doubt about the verdict. He knocked out the lanky Troy with a sharp right to the chin at 2:59 of the eighth round. Troy had been a 7-to-5 favorite to win his 20th straight fight. From now on, Mims may find it tougher than ever to get fights. Ever since he beat Johnny Bra..." current
  • 19:3519:35, 18 April 2024 diff hist −34 Fight:188170No edit summary current
  • 19:3419:34, 18 April 2024 diff hist +607 N Fight:188170Created page with "<fight>188170</fight> 1952-01-10 (George Benton L UD 8) Georgie Benton, 154, upset Holley Mims, 156 1/2, by unanimous decision before 2,152 fans. Judges Lou Tress and Jack Styles voted 4-3-1, and referee Pete Tomasco 6-1-1 for Benton. Benton started with looping left hooks but found trouble landing the same blows in the second round. In the fourth, Mims twice jolted Benton with solid rights to the head. In the sixth, Benton was holding and hitting with right uppercuts an..."
  • 19:2019:20, 18 April 2024 diff hist +458 N Fight:192590Created page with "<fight>192590</fight> Holley Mims, 157, needed only 41 seconds to knock out Pat Byers, 150, before 1,280 fans. Mims scored with two left hooks to the head and rocked him with a right cross to the jaw. Byers reeled as Mims pumped home two left hooks to the head, and a right hook to the chin floored him. He was counted out by referee Harry Volkman, but was on his feet as soon as the count was finished and was able to leave the ring without assistance. (AP)" current

4 April 2024

  • 15:1915:19, 4 April 2024 diff hist +239 Fight:192607No edit summary current
  • 15:1315:13, 4 April 2024 diff hist +460 N Fight:192607Created page with "<fight>192607</fight> Holly Mims finally is the champion of Garland Edwards. These two local middleweights ended their rivalry last night at Turner's Arena, with Mims taking the nine-round fight. His slugging toward the end proved superior to Edward's boxing skill. It was their fourth meeting. Edwards won the first, the second was a draw, and Mims won the third. Last night's battle was a s hot as their previous ones. [Evening Star, March 1, 1949, page 17]"

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6 January 2024

  • 17:1517:15, 6 January 2024 diff hist +542 N Human:237955Created page with "<boxer>237955</boxer> Jack Streek, a middle and light-heavyweight boxer from Sidcup, passed away just before his 91st birthday. Jack boxed from 1950 to 1953 with National Service commitments interrupting a promising career. He'd gone through 1951 undefeated, returning to ring combat in mid-1953. Jack wasn't happy with his management and called it a day after Dennis Bebbington outpointed him. He was durable and game acquiring early fistic maturity by sparring with top pr..." current

1 January 2024

  • 18:4318:43, 1 January 2024 diff hist +1 Fight:1482148No edit summary current
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  • 18:4018:40, 1 January 2024 diff hist +422 N Fight:1482148Created page with "<Fight>1482148</fight> Sunny Italy, even in its toughest times, never was like meeting Bobby King to Frank Fratlia. Frankie moved to Roxbury from Rome recently and had his first local fight against King. who still does what he pleases every time he fights. Hitting after the bell, low punches and everything went with King. The fight was stopped in the fourth when Fratlia's mouth was cut. [Boston Globe, August 26, 1952]"

22 November 2023

  • 23:5523:55, 22 November 2023 diff hist 0 Fight:453144No edit summary current
  • 23:5423:54, 22 November 2023 diff hist +17 Fight:453144No edit summary
  • 23:5323:53, 22 November 2023 diff hist +94 Fight:453144No edit summary
  • 23:5023:50, 22 November 2023 diff hist +625 N Fight:453144Created page with "<Fight>453144</fight> Ted Whitfield’s return to the ring after an absence of nearly a year was successful, but it took him a big ninth round to earn the decision. Whitfield won by a majority vote over Dave Dittmar of White Plains, NY. Tuesday night, at the Four Seasons Arena, getting the decision of both judges in the 10-round bout while the referee called it a draw. Whitfield, 146, of Brockton, scored well throughout the fight with left jabs and in-fighting, then had..."
  • 23:3323:33, 22 November 2023 diff hist +691 N Fight:448579Created page with "<Fight>448579</fight> The comeback try by former New England welterweight champion Ted Whitfield of Amherst has hit another roadblock: Mike Cruz. A 140-pounder from New York, Cruz withstood a closing rally Monday night to take a unanimous decision from Whitfield in the feature eight-rounder at Mechanics Hall. Whitfield had a seven-pound advantage. It was the fourth straight loss for Whitfield, who returned to the ring earlier this year after all but scrapping his once-p..." current
  • 22:2822:28, 22 November 2023 diff hist +1,101 N Fight:369047Created page with "<Fight>369047</fight> Pete Toro handed Ted Whitfield his second loss in as many weeks, a ten-round majority decision, in the card's preliminary “live” portion to the Muhammad Ali – Cleveland Williams close circuit heavyweight title fight. Both the 147 ½ pound Toro and the 147-pound Whitfield were extremely cautious through the first five rounds, much to the disgust of the crowd, which booed right from the start. Both judges, Art Kilty, and Alexander Scioli, gave..." current
  • 22:0122:01, 22 November 2023 diff hist +2 Fight:469576No edit summary current
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18 November 2023

  • 19:0919:09, 18 November 2023 diff hist +980 N Fight:117808Created page with "<fight>117808</fight> Anton Raadik, 160, pounded Tommy Bell, 151, into submission in the first major show of the outdoor season in Marigold Gardens last night, but it took him nine rounds to demonstrate his superiority. Referee Norm McGarity called a halt at 2:43 of the ninth, much to the displeasure of the overflow crowd of 5,233, which contributed a gross gate of $16,658. More conservative fans approved the official’s action. Bell, who had given Anton a hard struggle..." current

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