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Philly Boxing History |
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FEBRUARY 16, 1959 |
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West Philly's Len Matthews won a technical knockout victory in two rounds over Ray Lancaster, on this day in 1959. This was a key outing for Matthews, as it followed his first-ever losing effort (L10 Paul Armstead). The pressure was on him to make a good showing and to return to his normally winning ways. Increasing the drama was the fact that Lancaster had held Matthews to a draw in a prior bout. But in this return meeting, it was all Matthews. He jumped out at the first bell throwing a storm of punches at his foe. Lancaster took them pretty well at first, but by the second round, Matthews' shots were just too hard and too frequent. The end came at 2:23 of round two, when referee Joe Sweeney stepped in. 6,930 fans paid $23,516 to attend the Convention Hall event. |
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| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
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1950 - Honeychile Johnson W8 Charley Salas at the Met in North Philly |
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| 1952 - Jetson Arnold W8 Arnold Curry at the Cambria in Northeast Philly (Kensington) | ||||
| 1956 - Garnet Hart KO2 Mel Collins at the Cambria in Northeast Philly (Kensington) | ||||
| 1959 - George Benton KO1 Young Beau Jack at Convention Hall in West Philly | ||||
| 1959 - Von Clay TKO4 Slim Jim Robinson at Convention Hall in West Philly | ||||
| 1963 - Kitten Hayward W8 Henry White at Madison Square Garden | ||||
| 1990 - James Shuler W12 James Kinchen at the Sands Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City | ||||
| 1990 - Markus Bott TKO3 Matthew Saad Muhammad at Hamburg, Germany | ||||
| 1993 - Bernard Hopkins W12 Gilbert Baptist at Denver, CO | ||||
| BIRTHDAYS: | ||||
| 1912 - Eddie Cool | ||||
| 1944 - Augie Pantellas | ||||
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MATTHEWS
TKOs LANCASTER