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Posted By: S Gross

Leach Cross "The Fighting Dentist"



won 89 (KO 21) + lost 38 (KO 4) + drawn 17 = 144

1909-06-26 Fighting Dick Hyland 11-8-2
Coffroth's Arena, Colma, California, United States L KO 41 45
Cross was floored 15 times, and after the 25th round fought only on the defensive. In the 40th round, Cross took the count on 3 occasions, the bell saving him from defeat. In the 41st, a punch drove Cross through the ropes and into the laps of the newspaper men, who pushed him back into the ring, he was flattened again. The next blow landed to the pit of the stomach and folded Cross up like a leaf, and he lay unconscious while he was counted out. His seconds carried his prostrate form to the dressing room.




Thanks for the indulgence ...... fun // fun