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Philly Boxing History |
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JANUARY 01, 1931 |
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GODFREY ENDS BOUT IN HURRY WITH BODY BLOW On New Year's day 1931 in Mexico City, George Godfrey, the Leiperville Giant, wasted no time in his scheduled 10-round bout against Tunisian heavyweight Salvatore Ruggirello. After quickly sizing up his 25 year old opponent, Godfrey, 34, stepped right in and slammed a single body blow that was hard enough to drop Ruggirello for the full ten count and end the bout early in round one. The fight was over in less than a minute. Godfrey's record is filled with big wins and bigger KOs - 79 of his 96 victories ended early. He had a wonderful and important career, but because he was black, George was never given an opportunity to fight for the real heavyweight title. Later in 1931, Godfrey would regain the world 'colored' heavyweight championship in a bout against Seal Harris. |
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| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1900 - Dave Holly W6 Donkey King at the Broadway A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1906 - Tommy O'Toole W6 Griff Jones at the National A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1907 - Jack Blackburn W6 George Cole at the National A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1920 - Johnny Kilbane W6 Al Shubert at the Olympia A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1920 - George 'KO' Chaney W6 Frankie Brown at the National S.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1921 - Lew Tendler KO4 Otto Wallace at the Olympia A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1923 - Pancho Villa W8 Battling Al Murray at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1924 - Nate Goldman W10 Lew Tendler at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1924 - Joe Tiplitz W10 Alex Hart at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1927 - Matt Adgie D10 Joe Lohman at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1927 - Battling Levinsky W8 George Gemas at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1927 - Midget Wolgast W6 Pussy Walker at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1930 - Gorilla Jones W10 Billy Angelo at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1934 - Tony Falco W10 Pete Nebo at the Cambria A.C. in Kensington (NE Philly) | ||||
| 1934 - Tommy Cross D6 Gene Gallotto at the Cambria A.C. in Kensington (NE Philly) | ||||
| 1942 - Ellis Phillips W8 Vince Dell'Orte at the Olympia A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1943 - Dorsey Lay KO4 Frankie Allen at the Olympia A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1945 - Wesley Mouzon KO3 Kenny Reid at Philadelphia | ||||
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