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MARCH 26, 1958 |
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DAMAGES SMITH'S By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, March 26 (AP) - Garnet (Sugar) Hart closed Charley (Tombstone) Smith's right eye in the fourth round of their scheduled 10-rounder tonight and went on to stop the California welterweight with a technical knockout at 56 seconds of the eighth round. Smith was the aggressor throughout the bout, and was fairly even with the Philadelphian when Referee Dave Beloff called a halt to the fight. Hart, at 147, outweighed Smith, of Los Angeles, by a pound and a half. The bout started out as a match of Hart's speed and quick hands against Smith's forcing tactics. For two rounds it appeared as if Hart's left jab and lightning hook would be enough to carry him to an easy win. But in the third round, Smith stepped up his pace and made a match of it. In the fourth, he stunned Hart within the first minute and kept after his dazed opponent, almost downing him once. But Hart came out of his shell with a left hook that closed Smith's eye and eventually decided the outcome. |
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| OTHER RESULTS ON THIS DATE: | ||||
| 1909 - Stanley Ketchell W10 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien at the National A.C. in South Philly | ||||
| 1948 - Rocco Rosano KO1 Eddie Giosa II at Madison Square Garden in New York | ||||
| 1952 - George Benton KO5 Moses Ward at Chicago Stadium | ||||
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1958 - Len Matthews KO3 Charlie Slaughter at the Arena in West Philly |
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| 1962 - Eddie Perkins TKO8 Mel Middleton at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1962 - Percy Manning W8 Sidney 'Sweet Pea' Adams at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1962 - Stanley 'Kitten' Hayward D8 Willie Davis at the Arena in West Philly | ||||
| 1973 - Bennie Briscoe KO3 Art Hernandez at the Spectrum in South Philly (won NABF title) | ||||
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