Hey guys just an article that included Our Aussie fighter. http://www.maxboxing.com/groves/groves090507.asp [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]November 15, 1952, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa Jimmy Carruthers KO 1 Vic Toweel: When a title challenger travels to the champion's hometown, he knows that he must rip the title away if he expects to take it home with him. The film of Carruthers' title-winning victory over Toweel should be required viewing for all future challengers seeking to unseat a home-standing champion because no one did it better than this Australian southpaw on this day. Though Carruthers could crack with his left cross, he mostly used his boxing skills to build a 14-0 record, with only two of his nine KOs taking place in his last seven fights. Three of his last four outings went the full 12 rounds and it wasn't expected that he could bowl over the favored Toweel, especially in front of nearly 30,000 countrymen at Johannesburg's landmark Rand Stadium. Toweel (26-0-1, 13 KO) had dethroned the long-reigning Manuel Ortiz two-and-a-half years earlier and, incredibly, he continued to defend his South African featherweight title during his 118-pound tenure. In his first bantamweight defense against Danny O'Sullivan, Toweel scored 14 knockdowns before putting the Englishman away in round 10. The South African buzzsaw notched two more defenses against Luis Romero (W 15) and Peter Keenan (W 15) before meeting Carruthers. Because Carruthers so badly wanted to become a world champion he decided to roll the dice once the opening bell sounded. The lefty roared out of his corner, drove Toweel toward the ropes with a left cross and ambushed the champion with a ferocious succession of left uppercuts, much like Somsak Sitchatchawal would do against Mahyar Monshipour in the opening seconds of their fight 54 years later. Carruthers was merciless as his assault knocked Toweel completely out of the ring at one point. A final left uppercut put the dazed and overwhelmed Toweel on the canvas for the 10 count. It was a most dramatic coronation and while Carruthers would defend the title three times (including a 10th round KO of Toweel), the Australian never again fought with such uncompromising savagery. [/FONT]
