Nicolino Locche vs Takeshi (Paul) Fuji

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"Nicolino Locche hopelessly outclassed Paul Fuji Thursday night and pounded him into a between-rounds surrender to win the junior welterweight title before 10,000 shocked fans at Tokyo's Kuramae Stadium. Hawaiian-born Fuji collpased on his stool at the end of the terrible 9th round - in which the Argentine pounded him at will, as Locche had done from the opening bell. Ready to continue his desperate efforts, Fuji's seconds, looking at the welts that shut both eyes, ruled otherwise. Five seconds after the bell sounded for the 10th, Locche was declared a knockout winner by Japanese rules that ban a TKO unless the losing fighter's injuries were inflicted by an accidental butt. There were no knockdowns. Locche was warned twice for open-glove hitting and Fuji once for butting." -Pacific Stars & Stripes