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...Sugar Ray Robinson's world welterweight (147 lb.) title in the 47 states ruled by the National Boxing Association. But the New York State Athletic Commission figured it had a strong candidate for the title right in its own backyard: Cuba's (and Harlem's) Kid Gavilan, 25, winner of eight straight fights and one of the few boxers who ever stood up to Sugar Ray for a full 15 rounds. Last week in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, Bratton and Gavilan fought it out for the right to put the 48-state title back together...
Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m., ABC radio & NBC-TV). Welterweight championship fight: Johnny Bratton v. Kid Gavilan...
...Cuba's Kid Gavilan, already signed to meet Chicago's Johnny Bratton for the welterweight championship, over Middleweight Gene ("Silent") Hairston, a ten-round decision; in Manhattan...
Harlem's Sugar Ray Robinson, welterweight (147 Ibs.) champion of the world, danced in his corner almost unnoticed. All eyes in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium were on the challenger, Cuba's Gerardo ("Kid Gavilan") Gonzales. Most of the 27,805 customers seemed to think that the Cuban had a real chance for the crown...
After deliberately letting Kid Gavilan set a fast pace for five rounds, Robinson opened his bag of tricks. He set traps and sprung them with a master's touch (e.g., following three left jabs with a left hook instead of an orthodox right). By the 10th round, ringsiders had the feeling that they were watching a precision machine. In the 14th round, Sugar Ray was in such confident command that he stuck out his tongue at Joe Louis, who had picked Gavilan...