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ANTHONY
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TURNER HALTS FUSARI On this day in 1951, 20 year old welterweight sensation, Gil Turner stop-ped contender Charley Fusari at :58 seconds of round eleven before 14,627 fans at Shibe Park ($60,262.73 gross). It was the undefeated youngster's 22nd victory and 20th KO. But it wasn't easy for Turner. Fusari managed to shake Gil up along the way before the end. But it was Gil's usual relentless, all action attack that eventually won the contest. Finally a left hook and right hand combination dropped Fusari in round 11. Referee Zack Clayton counted Fusari out as he gamely struggled to get up. It was the very first time that the tough milkman from New Jersey was counted out in a fight. On the undercard that hot July night, Jetson Armold won a difficult 8-round decision over Honey Elliott, while Cortez Jackson settled for a 4-round draw with Little Beau. |
PHILLY-AREA FIGHTERS LOSE RECENT HIGH-PROFILE BOUTS On the heels of Chazz Witherspoon's emphatic loss to Chris Arreola last month, three other Philly boxers also came up short in key matches during the first week of July. Big John Poore was chopped down in the 1st round of a nationally televised fight with Brian Minto in Butler, PA. Poore was dropped three times and lost by TKO on July 2nd. Three days later, Zahir Raheem made the trip all the way to South Africa only to be TKO'd in 4 rounds by Ali Funeka. The shocking loss was the first time he'd been stopped since the 1996 Olympics. Also on July 5th but in Halle, Germany, Felix Sturm defeated Philly-born Randy Griffin by 12-round unanimous decision to defend his WBA middleweight title. The bout was a rematch of their controversial draw from last fall. |
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