1951-03-14 Johnny Bratton w pts 15 Charley Fusari, The Stadium,
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1951-03-14 Johnny Bratton w pts 15 Charlie Fusari, The Stadium,
Chicago, Illinois, USA - NBA. Referee: Tommy Gilmore.
Scorecards: 77-73, 78-72, 74-76. Contesting the vacant NBA
title, Bratton (146¼) was the first to show when cutting Fusari
(146¼) over the left eye in the first round and opening up with
vicious two-handed attacks to push the latter back. Thus it came
as no surprise when he dropped Fusari for ‘four’ after smashing
in a heavy right to the jaw in the fourth. In the seventh
Fusari’s eye damage worsened and gave cause for concern from
thereon, and although he was gradually putting that to one side
he was sent crashing by a savage left hook followed by a right
cross in the tenth and barely made it up in time. After the
tenth it became apparent that Bratton,