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October 01, 1887

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September 27, 1887


EBC - Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI

HW	Pat Killen (#6, 14-7-0, 12KO)	L10	Jake Kilrain (#4, 33-11-1, 21KO)

Kilrain kicks off the round with a series of jabs, then when Killen evens the score Jake fires hooks to the body to nice effect. Later in the round Killen starts to display a slight swelling on an eye, terribly early in the fight for this. Jake scores with a terrible uppercut that sees Killen almost touch down a knee, but Killen comes back at Jake with a nasty body attack that ends with a crushing uppercut which makes Jake reach for the ropes right at the bell. Pat goes to the body again, and Kilrain is stunned for a moment early in the 3rd. Jake comes back strong in the second half of round 3, and Pat's eye swells up more from the thudding jabs crashing into it. Jake scores first in the 4th round with a right cross, that sees Killen dancing an irish jig to stay upright. After a couple more right hands Jake thinks he can finish Pat off, so he starts to fire right hand leads producing a tremendous round that Killen barely makes it through. Pat bum rushes Kilrain to start round 5, and Jake covers up but Killen mauls him on the inside for the rest of the round which sees Jake's eye puffing up afterward. Kilrain tries to work inside on Pat early in the 6th, and it costs him when Killen lands a devastating right hand that wobbles the former champion. Jake starts to rip hooks upstairs to win the 6th in the end. They trade heavy shots downstairs early in round 7, and Jake has badly swelling eye before long. The action boils over late in the round and each man scores again and again to the approval of those in attendance. They trade hooks to the jaw to start round 8, and it's Kilrain who parleys it into a flurry late in the round that almost puts Killen on the deck. Jake opens up early in the 9th, and he scores over and over with that right hand while Pat does not land a punch and he's gassed after the round as well. Killen pursues the counter-punching Kilrain in the final round, but it's Jake who lands a huge right cross with 45 seconds left in the bout. Killen holds and makes it to the final bell. The scorecards read 98-93 twice and 98-94 for a shellacking by Jake Kilrain.


September 25, 1887


EBC - Riverside Ballroom - Green Bay, WI

FW	Young Griffo (#3, 10-1-1, 4KO)	W10	Sam Baxter (#8, 8-9-1, 0KO)

Round 1 is a shutout as Griffo fires sharp punches from his toes, and Baxter looks like his feet are in cement. Baxter literally doesn't land one sigle punch until the waning moments of round 3, the 3rd consecutive round that Griffo takes on points. About a minute into round 5 Griffo lands a hell of a right hand that drops Baxter for a 8 count. Griffo picks it up even more in round 6, but Baxter finally lands a few good shots in the 7th. The action slows way down in the 8th, though Griffo authors a nice flurry late in the round. The last 2 rounds Griffo tries to put Baxter down, but all he does is open the door for Baxter to actually score more regularly. After the final bell Griffo takes the unanimous decision in a near shutout.


September 23, 1887


EBC - Leofric Hotel - Coventry, England

MW	George Lavigne (#3, 7-2-1, 1KO)	KOby1	Bill Mahan (#6, 17-10-0, 9KO)

Mahan cautiously jabs for the first minute of the opening round, then Mahan scores with a high-low combination that drops Lavigne on his backside. George rolls over so he is on all fours, then he loses his balance again and falls down again while taking the full 10 count. Bill Mahan wins a shockingly quick knockout of George Lavigne in a minute and eight seconds.


September 22, 1887


EBC - Pikesville Armory - Pikesville, MD

FW(R4)	Torpedo Billy Murphy (#4, 18-9-0, 13KO)	KOby4	Tommy Warren (#6, 9-4-1, 7KO)

Only 30 seconds into the bout Warren lands a perfect uppercut that staggers Murphy, and then Warren really opens up and Murphy hits the deck after about 15 unanswered punches. Murphy is up and Warren tears into him until the bell. Murphy recovers early in round 2, and he starts to land to Warren's midsection a minute into the round. The second half of round 2 is pure bliss for the fans as both men tear into each other, landing at a very high rate as the crowd goes wild. Round 3 begins with both men being much more cautious, but by the 2 minute mark they've both forgotten and are throwing bombs with abandon again. Murphy seems to land more when they trade in those 2 rounds. Warren starts to touch Murphy with the right hand in round 4, and then Murph eats a hook late in the round that drops him hard. Murphy tries his best but he tumbles to the canvas again after a gallant attempt, so Tommy Warren wins by 4th round knockout.


September 20, 1887


EBC - Club Reaktor - Minsk, Belarus

HW(R2)	Duncan McDonald (#7, 16-7-4, 3KO)	D10	Joe McAuliffe (#11, 6-2-1, 3KO)

The opening round is too close to call, while the 2nd is almost as close as the 1st. Round 3 is dead even again, and McAuliffe stuns Duncan with a couple good shots late in the round. The pattern remains the same, with each man having their moments but no one winning any round solidly until McDonald scores with a series of power uppercuts through the 5th round, and McAuliffe has trouble staying on his feet and he suffers a cut on an eyebrow. Round 7 sees both men very tired suddenly, and it's McDonald again who first staggers McAuliffe with a right hand then drops him with a combination upstairs. Joe is up at 8 but he survives until the end of the round. Joe flurries at the beginning of the 8th, and McDonald is a little too punched out to respond. Early in round 9 McAuliffe lands a crushing right hand that knocks Duncan down for a flash knockdown. With 3 seconds remaining in the round McAuliffe drops McDonald again and this time he rises at 9. McDonald makes it to the bell, and the crowd goes wild. The final round is anti-climactic as both men are cautious and exhausted. The final scorecards show 94-94 twice and 95-93 for McAuliffe, which results in a majority draw decision.


September 06, 1887


EBC - 115 Bourbon Street - Merrionete Park, IL

MW	Billy Leedam (#8, 16-11-3, 3KO)	W10	Harris Martin (#6, 5-3-0, 3KO)

There is a nice exchange in round 1, and then the action all but stops in the 2nd when both men become cautious. About a minute into the 3rd Leedam catches Martin with a flush right hand lead that deposits Martin onto the canvas. He's up at 8, but Martin is in a world of hurt and nowhere near recovered. Leedam proceeds to rip hooks, trying to finish the bout, but Martin is on his feet after the round. In the 4th Martin starts it off with a terrifying uppercut and a thudding cross, and he finishes strong while Leedam mostly just misses and he sports a shiner after the round. Martin scores with a right hand lead early in the 5th, but Leedam has a small lead in the round as it ends. The 6th features a dip in the action, and the 7th represents a small lead for Martin after the round. Martin puts together a nice flurry late in the 8th, and the series of shots makes Leedam's eye look worse. Leedam scores well early in the 9th, but Martin hits him with a couple shots to the body to make it closer though still obviously Leedam's round. The final round is too close to call, and the final scorecard reads a unanimous decision victory for Billy Leedam.


September 05, 1887


EBC - Circus Lvov - Lvov, Ukraine

MW	Young Mitchell (#4, 8-4-0, 6KO)	W8	John Laurie (#7, 5-4-0, 3KO)

Young Mitchell has such an easy time advancing to victory in his last fight, that he's taken on another fight scarcely a week later. Mitchell's opponent, John Laurie does a good job outworking Mitchell early, but several seconds into the 2nd round Mitchell drops Laurie for a 9 count. With about a minute remaining in round 2 he drops Laurie again for a 4 count this time. Laurie doesn't know where he is and Mitchell savages him for the rest of the 2nd. Half way through the 3rd there's more bad news for Laurie when they bang heads which cuts John near an eye, and it sets up another knockdown for Mitchell in the round. Mitchell continues to dominate until the round ends, and Laurie starts to look like he hasn't a hope in the world or winning this one. Mitch drops Laurie one more time with a left hook just at the bell ending round 4. John hops up immediately but his legs are gone. Round 5 is pretty close, but the 6th is all Young Mitchell. He hammers Laurie to the ropes, and Laurie's eye looks a whole lot worse late after round 6. Round 7 is shaping up to be a shutout, and Mitchell finally drops Laurie with a few seconds left in the 7th, for a 5 count. Mitch staggers Laurie a couple of times early in the 8th, then he drops Laurie for an 8 count. Suddenly with a minute left in round 8 they bang heads, and Laurie suffers a terrible cut. The referee stops it immediately and since it was an accident they go to the scorecards which obviously favors Young Mitchell by a considerable distance. Young Mitchell wins his second fight in a week.


September 01, 1887

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August 30, 1887


EBC - Fight Coliseum - Salt Lake City, UT

MW	Young Mitchell (#4, 7-4-0, 5KO)	TKO8	Ed Binney (#8, 3-3-1, 3KO)

This bout is a mismatch from the moment the ink dries on the contract, and it's Mitchell who outclasses Binney early in stylish fashion. Binney tries to keep pace in round 2, but it just exposes him to punishment and a bad bloody nose. Round 3 is actually very close, but Binney's nose continuously bleeds through 2 rounds. Half-way through the 4th, Mitchell lands a hellacious right hand that wobbles Binney and sends him tottering to the left, but immediately after that Binney lands a thudding right hand though Mitchell takes it better than Binney took his. Round 5 sees Mitchell reclaim his dominant stance, hammering Binney upstairs mostly. By round 6 Mitchell is in disdain of Binney's power so he starts to just stand in the middle throwing right hands to good effect. In round 7 Mitchell just destroys Binney upstairs while Ed can only cover up and that swollen eye looks pretty bad after the round. Mitch lands a series of devastating right hands early in the 8th, which busts open the bloody nose again and this time the doctor has a look. Then the doc has another look about a minute later. Then finally the on his third visit the doctor stops the fight as Binney has a red torrent pouring from his face. Young Mitchell wins a cuts TKO in 8 one-sided rounds.


August 29, 1887


EBC - Little River Casino Resort - Manistee, MI

LW	Barney Donovan (#1, 29-4-0, 25KO)	TKOby4	Billy Dacey (#3, 15-9-1, 8KO)

The fight starts off slowly, but Donovan staggers Dacey with a couple of good right hands later in round 1. Dacey pins the former champion in a corner to land several scoring blows in the 2nd, and half-way through the 3rd they both throw down at ring center to produce an exciting round that cuts Donovan badly near an eye as well as beginning that same eye swelling. Dacey lands exactly one punch in round 4, and that punch worsens Donovan's cut exponentially. The doctor makes a ring-call, and immediately stops the fight. Billy Dacey defeats the former EBC Lightweight champion with a cuts TKO.


August 27, 1887


EBC - Orient Theatre - East London, England

FW	Young Griffo (#3, 9-1-1, 4KO)	KO8	Fred Johnson (#8, 8-10-0, 0KO)

Griffo has no problem outclassing Johnson early, and Fred doesn't land a single blow in the opening round. This sets a pattern early, so round 2 is more of Griffo dominating, though Fred lands a couple shots finally. Johnson wakes up and lands repeatedly on Griffo who's a bit punched out by this round 4. Griffo recovers his wind and resumes his mastery of Johnson in the 5th. They finally give the crowd what they want, when they go to war at ring center in the 6th with no clear winner. Johnson tires after the exchange, so Griffo has an easy time containing Johnson's offense late. In round 8 they exchange again with Johnson on the ropes, with each man having their moments, but then with about a minute left Griffo fires a nasty combination that ends in Johnson toppling to the slats. Johnson is out cold and doesn't even stir before the count is over. Young Griffo wins by 8th round knockout.


August 23, 1887


EBC - Bally's Atlantic City - Atlantic City, NJ

HW(T)	Peter Jackson (Chmp, 31-2-1, 25KO)	TKO15	James J Corbett (#4, 8-3-0, 2KO)

Corbett shows Jackson the fastest feet he's ever seen, and it seems he's going to outbox the champ early. Later in the 1st Jackson corners Corbett and attacks his body to great effect and James has a rather shocked look on his face after the round. "The Black Prince" scores with a beautiful right cross early in round 2 which stagger James, and while Corbett can't find the range, Jackson is deadly accurate with the right hand. Jackson completely dominates the 3rd with uppercuts and right hands, and soon Corbett can't land a thing on the dangerous champion. Jackson backs "Gentleman Jim" into a corner early in the 4th, and Jackson attacks leaving Corbett with a look of pain right up until he floors Corbett with a right cross and 40 seconds left in the 4th. Jackson gets in a couple of shots to the abdomen before the round ends, and Corbett doesn't want any of it. Corbett holds and occasionally jabs, but Jackson is clearly the object of fear for Corbett in the 5th. Peter staggers him again with 30 seconds left in the 5th, and the referee is looking long and hard at Corbett when the round ends. Round after round Corbett ends up in the corner working hard just to tread water, let alone attack the sublimely talented champion. Jackson wobbles him again with a right cross and 40 seconds left in the round. Corbett runs his ass off the rest of the round. Half-way through round 7 Jackson lands a huge combination that leaves James' legs looking pretty bad, and though Corbett stays on his feet his responses are getting weaker and weaker and James' eye starts to swell up. Jackson gets it going early in the 8th, and a huge right cross is the end of the attack and it floors Corbett for a 5 count. Jackson just starts firing. Firing every kind of combination he can remember, trying to finish off the usually slippery Corbett. Once again Corbett escapes with his consciousness intact but that eye looks a lot worse. Jackson lays back the first half of round 9, but then he lands a thudding shot to the ribs that shakes up Corbett again. While Corbett looks finished, Jackson looks springtime fresh before the 10th. Jackson more or less rests during the 10th, because Corbett starts to desperately throw right hands just because nothing else has worked. Jackson resumes his deadly offense in the 11th, and after a minute Corbett is in trouble with the eye looking just hideous. They trade late in the round, but Jackson's earlier dominance hands him the round. Jackson remains economical with his attack in the late rounds, never forcing things, while Corbett just looks confused mostly. James had never fought anyone with the skill of Jackson, and indeed a more skillful heavyweight has never fought in the EBC. Jackson lands a crushing uppercut a few seconds into the 13th, and he gets a little wild in the follow up and actually is penalized for a low blow losing the round. This kind of angers the champion, and with a few seconds in the round he drops Corbett for a flash knockdown to give him the round back. About 20 seconds into round 14 Jackson lands a wicked right cross that sends Corbett crashing to the slats for another flash knockdown as the crowd starts to get excited. Jackson stalks Corbett, trying to keep his head about him this time so he finishes the round great attacking upstairs. The hunt continues in the final round, and Peter finally puts him on the floor again about half way through the round. Corbett is up at 3, and James can barely keep his hands up as Jackson resumes the attack. Jackson authors a combination of about 15 punches, and referee John-Lewis finally stops it with 7 seconds remaining in the fight!!!!!!!! EBC Heavyweight Champion Peter Jackson finishes off young challenger James J Corbett in sensational style, putting him on the floor 5 times and winning the TKO over the stubborn irishman.


August 22, 1887


EBC - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH

MW(R2-T)	Bob Fitzsimmons (Chmp, 14-4-3, 12KO)	TKO6	Charles Turner (#1, 11-5-0, 8KO)

Turner starts off fighting dirty and he picks up a warning for a blatant kidney punch in the opening round, but it enrages Fitzsimmons who stalks and lands an occasional right hand. Fitzsimmons starts to land the uppercut in the 2nd, and the out-gunned Turner is stunned on a couple of occasions. Round 3 starts with Fitz landing a right hand lead to the chin, and Fitz is only getting started and he lands a hard shot that cuts Turner near an eyelid. Finally he drops Turner with about 30 seconds remaining in round 3 for a 6 count putting the corker on a round that sees Turner not throwing even one punch. Fitz scores with a solid right cross early in the 4th, and Turner covers up without a thought toward throwing a punch as Fitz savages him. Fitz scores with a pair of hard shots upstairs that reopens Turner's cut eyelid early in round 5, and Turner starts to reel around the ring with no legs under him at all. Turner eats shot after shot as Fitzsimmons opens up, and it's frightening to watch. He finally drops Turner to the canvas with a right cross and about 30 seconds remaining in the 6th. Turner rises at 6, but the cut looks a hell of a lot worse than it did. As a result the doctor calls off the bout, and Fitzsimmons has his revenge on Turner. Charles had hijacked Fitz's title and then lost it to LaBlanche, and now Fitz has evened the score and gotten the title back.


August 19, 1887


EBC - Salon 21 - Polanco, Mexico

FW(R2)	Young Pluto (#2, 13-4-0, 5KO)	W12	Harry Mead (#4, 23-11-6, 4KO)

Not much happens early, though Pluto catches a warning for holding and hitting in the 2nd which was the second consecutive round too close to call. Pluto settles down and gets deadly serious in the 3rd, flooring Mead a minute into round 3 for a 9 count. Mead is pretty shook up, and Pluto lays into him with not much success and Mead makes it to the 4th round. In the 4th Pluto nails Mead with a series of right crosses that not only stagger Mead more than once, but Mead has a puffiness around both eyes after the round. Mead's first uppercut in round 5 opens a cut on the inside of Pluto's right eyebrow, but this really just pisses Pluto off and the young one really lets the right hand go in round 5 until he drops Mead with a nasty right cross with 20 seconds left in the round. Mead is up at 6, but there isn't enough time for Pluto to finish him. The action slows down in the 6th, but with a minute left Pluto drops him for a 4 count with another hellacious right cross. Pluto works the uppercut inside in round 7, and Mead looks worse and worse from the horrible swelling on both his eyes. Mead snaps Pluto's head back with a right hand lead in the 8th, but Pluto retaliates in grand fashion including a booming hook to the jaw. Round 9 shows just how tired both fighters are, but eventually Pluto gets it going and the round ends up pretty even. Pluto lets it fly again in the 10th, and Mead has very little left and is more than half blind from his ballooning face. Not much goes down in the final 2 rounds but Pluto has clearly won it by an extremely unanimous decision after the final bell sounds.


August 18, 1887


EBC - Belfast Holiday Inn - Belfast, Northern Ireland

LW(R2)	Martin E Snee (#8, 15-9-1, 3KO)	L12	Bill Mahan (#7, 16-10-0, 8KO)

Snee had won the pair's previous meeting with a unanimous decision a little less than a year ago. 30 seconds in Mahan lands one hell of a right hand that leaves Snee holding to survive, but all it does is wake up Snee and the two throw down an awesome exchange for most of the rest of the round. Mahan stuns Snee straight away in round 2 with a right hand, and Mahan clearly wins the round with power counters upstairs on Snee. For the third straight round Mahan bum rushes Snee with a right hand lead, and for the third straight time Snee wobbles and almost goes down. They do a bit of grappling later in round 3, but Mahan seems to have Snee's number in round 4 as well. A minute into round 5 Snee lands a tremendous combination that has Mahan staggering around trying to keep his balance. Snee does some nice work on the inside while Mahan mostly misses for the rest of round 5. The action stays inside in round 6, and it's Snee who does some nasty work that sees Mahan wince in pain a couple of times. After some light action, they throw down at ring center with no clear winner in a suddenly violent 7th round. Snee returns to his corner with a swelling eye, so Mahan starts to land the hook again in round 8. Mahan punishes Snee who walks to his corner glassy-eyed and crooked. Mahan starts throwing the right hand to start round 9, and Snee just covers up with no real answer. Snee is gassed with his eye looking a whole lot worse after the 9th, but Snee eats a truckload of hooks in the 10th and the eye looks just awful. Mahan takes the last two rounds definitively, and a minute into the 12th Mahan finally drops Snee with a right hand for a count of 8. Snee chooses flight over fight, so he runs his ass off to survive until the final bell. Mahan clearly takes the unanimous decision to avenge a loss to Snee about a year ago.


August 01, 1887

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July 30, 1887


EBC - Gimnasio Club Mexico - Santiago, Chile

MW	Charles Turner (#2, 11-4-0, 8KO)	W12	John Laurie (#7, 5-3-0, 3KO)

Turner flashes fast hands and a thudding right cross in the opening round, and Laurie doesn't flash much of anything. Neither man does much of anything in round 2, but Turner lands one hard right cross. They go back to work in the 3rd, but there is one constant: lots of fouling from both fighters. In round 4 Turner drops flush right hands onto Laurie until his eye starts to swell. Early in the 5th Turner hits him with a right hand lead that almost has Laurie touch a knee down, and Laurie's legs look bad after that. Turner gets home an uppercut and a hook that stagger Laurie again in the 6th, and Laurie sees any opportunity for a decision evaporate. Laurie's eye looks quite a bit worse, and 40 seconds into the 7th round Turner drops him with a right cross for a 4 count. Turner punishes Laurie the rest of the round, and John is in sorry shape after the round. Laurie is totally gassed, so Turner cautiously lands a series of power combinations late in the 8th. Round 9 sees Turner land a couple of uppercuts, while the 10th is a showcase for Laurie and the hook which makes Turner's legs go away, right up until Turner drops John with a combination for a flash knockdown to even up the scoring. Laurie's eye looks a lot worse before the 11th, and Turner targets it with the jab. He also goes to the body with hooks to clearly take round 11. Turner dominates the 12th, nailing Laurie to the body mostly and he finishes the bout with a right cross that almost drops Laurie at the bell. Turner of course wins the unanimous decision.


July 23, 1887


EBC - Kandelaki Sporting Hall - Tblisi, Georgia

LW	George Lavigne (#3, 7-1-1, 1KO)	W10	Jack Hall (#4, 8-5-0, 5KO)

Lavigne backs Hall into a corner, and starts to head-hunt in round 1 with right hand leads. George moves to attacking the body in round 2, and he really hurts Hall with this tack. Hall eats a right hand and drops to the floor with a few seconds left in round 2 for an 8 count. Hall is lucky the round is over by the way he staggers to his corner. The action slows quite a bit in the 3rd, but it's still Lavigne with a knee-buckling uppercut late in the round. Hall lands a nice combination early in the 4th that shakes up Lavigne, but when Lavigne responds Hall ends up with a rapidly swelling eye. Hall flurries early in the 5th, but Lavigne makes the round pretty close. The action slows then so round 6 is too close to call, and the 7th is more of the same when both men experience a spell of missing virtually every punch thrown. Round 8 continues the dreadfully boring trend taking place in the ring, however Lavigne scores a nice 3 punch combination at the bell so it's not a total loss. Although Hall has nothing left, Lavigne starts to land a cracking jab regularly in the 9th. Hall lands exactly one punch in the final round, and Lavigne lands several more to cement a unanimous decision under about 6 feet of cement.


July 13, 1887


EBC - Marigold Gardens - Chicago, IL

MW(R5)	Jack Nonpariel Dempsey (#3, 17-6-2, 10KO)	KO6	George LaBlanche (#1, 19-7-1, 12KO)

Dempsey lets go with the first power shot, a crushing hook to the temple half-way through the opening round. LaBlanche moves his feet, then fires back a combination and a right hand lead that put Dempsey into some trouble early. Early in round 2 Dempsey gets a hook home off the jab, then half-way through the 2nd round "The Nonpariel" fires a haymaker that catches LaBlanche on the temple and he crashes to the canvas for an 8 count. Dempsey lets the punches fly, and LaBlanche runs and holds for the rest of round 2. Dempsey does a really good job of containing LaBlanche's combinations in round 3, while showing amazing accuracy with his uppercut in that round. In the fist few seconds of round 4 LaBlanche connects with an uppercut on the inside, that causes a cut inside Dempsey's mouth. Dempsey can't miss with his jab in the 5th, but he catches a warning for backhanding in a round that he wins by a wide margin. LaBlanche is doing a good job of making Jack miss early in the 6th, when Dempsey nails him with an uppercut that rolls George's eyes back in his head. With 30 seconds left in the round Jack lands a hard combination that floors LaBlanche, and although he gives it his all LaBlanche cannot rise. Jack Dempsey wins by 6th round knockout, and he takes the #1 lightweight ranking.


July 12, 1887


EBC - Kazan Sports Palace - Kazan, Russia

HW	James J Corbett (#8, 8-2-0, 2KO)	W12	Jake Kilrain (#2, 32-11-1, 21KO)

Corbett outworks Kilrain in the opening round, as Kilrain fruitlessly pursues "Gentleman Jim" around the ring. Kilrain lands a couple of power shots in the 2nd round, but Corbett's clean footwork suckers Jake off-balance and James hits him with a right hand that drops Jake for an 8 count. The round is almost over at this point, but Corbett lands a couple more right hands that leave Jake with no legs to speak of. Jake starts landing hooks upstairs early in the 3rd, and Corbett is hanging on for dear life late in the 3rd after a series of hooks to the body have Corbett gasping for breath. Corbett sneaks his snappy jabs through Kilrain's haphazard defense in round 4, while Kilrain is kept at bay and unable to keep pace with the extra slick young boxing genius. James lands a nice uppercut to begin the 5th, and he hits Jake low when the referee is on the other side. Kilrain is pissed so he lands some tremendous shots to the body, to make the 5th round pretty close. Round 6 is very close when Kilrain hurts James with a shot to the liver, and Corbett again repeatedly scores with his educated jab. Corbett shuts him out in the 7th, with a series of stinging jabs. Corbett goes to the abdomen first, then he shoots low and the referee takes a point. A few seconds later Corbett suffers a cut in the clinch from a butt. In round 9 Corbett staggers Kilrain with a pair of uppercuts, and Kilrain answers with a couple of hard body shots. Both men are pretty gassed before the 10th, but Corbett does the better work. Corbett constantly backpedals while jabbing late, so Kilrain can't catch him with a hard punch in the last 2 rounds. James J Corbett clearly wins the unanimous decision by a mile.


July 09, 1887


EBC - Royal Square - Bangkok, Thailand

LW	Andy Bowen (#2, 5-1-0, 1KO)	TKOby2	Billy Dacey (#5, 14-9-1, 7KO)

Round 1 is a thriller with no clear winner, except those in attendance. Dacey goes to the abdomen in round 2, and Bowen wobbles and then topples to the canvas for an 8 count. Dacey cleans up for the rest of round 2, and finally after about a dozen unanswered power punches, referee Garza stops the slaughter of young Andy Bowen. Dacey wins by TKO in two.


July 08, 1887


EBC - Seven Feathers Resort - Canyonville, OR

FW(T)	Young Griffo (Chmp, 8-1-1, 3KO)	LDQ13	Dave Fitzgerald (#7, 9-9-5, 2KO)

Griffo dictates a liesurely pace in the 1st, and Fitzgerald doesn't land even one punch on the shifty champion. Griffo out-muscles Fitz on the inside in round 2, while attacking the body to nice effect. Griff staggers him with a nasty right cross late in the round, and Fitzgerald looks like he doesn't want to be there anymore. There is a good deal of wrestling in the 3rd with an occasional body shot from Griffo. Griff continues to stick him to the body through round 5 when he scores with a booming right hand lead to Fitz's jaw early. Griffo fouls incessantly so he catches several warnings in these early rounds, but what clean work he does is devastating to the outclassed Dave Fitzgerald. Griff has a point deducted for a pretty blatant rabbit-punch in round 7, and after a nasty flurry to Fitzgerald's body, it is pretty obvious that the only one in the ring who can beat Griffo is Griffo. Round 9 starts off with a nice exchange, but Griffo takes control later in the round as Fitz begins to run out of gas. Later in round 10 Griffo lands a clean uppercut that snaps Fitz' head back violently. In the 12th Fitz is putting up a pretty good fight until Griffo hits him very low, catching another warning from the referee. By the 13th round Fitz's eye is swollen and he's in big trouble, when suddenly Griffo is in the process of holding and hitting Fitz when suddenly the referee declares Fitz the winner on a foul. Dave Fitzgerald actually wins the EBC Featherweight championship on a foul, an extremely unlikely occurance.


July 05, 1887


EBC - Watres Armory - Scranton, PA

HW(T)	Peter Jackson (Chmp, 30-2-1, 24KO)	KO3	Dick Matthews (#14, 13-13-2, 9KO)

Jackson lands at will on the less talented Matthews early, until Matthews rallies early in the 2nd. Jackson hits him with a hard uppercut late in the round, but Matthews still takes it. With Matthews' eye swelling up in the 3rd, Dick lands a huge hook that has the champion in trouble. Jackson works carefully for about a minute until he lands a shot that starts Matthews' nose bleeding and an eye swelling, and a few seconds later he drops Dick to the slats with a right cross to the sweet spot. Matthews barely budges as the referee counts him out.


July 03, 1887


EBC - Ogden Eccles Conference Center - Ogden, UT

LW	Barney Donovan (#1, 29-3-0, 25KO)	KO3	Horace Leeds (#8, 7-6-1, 2KO)

Seconds into the fight Donovan staggers Leeds straight away, with a terrific right hand lead that sees Leeds stumbling backward. Leeds pulls it together, but Donovan outworks him clearly enough in the opening round. Donovan jars him with a hook early in round 2, but again Leeds tightens up the defense to make the round closer this time. Donovan just cleans up on Leeds in round 3, right up until Barney drops him with a nasty uppercut for the full count of 10. The former champion takes out a fringe contender to solidify his call for a rematch with champion Jack McAuliffe.


July 01, 1887

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