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defeat. Six days after his fight with Kokke, Powell was back in the ring, a hometown match in
Aberdare, in his third encounter with Nobby Baker. This time the fight was not considered a title defence, which was fortunate for Powell who was stopped for the second time in his career, and the second time to Baker who again beat him on a points decision after the contest went the distance.
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Powell to the canvas. Powell recovered to his feet on the count of seven, but after returning in a daze to his corner he collapsed. The referee, Mr Gamble, stopped the contest with the match awarded to
Housego on a technical knockout. Powell was carried to the dressing rooms, where the doctor on attendance recommended that he be taken to the
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Powell's final fight would take him to
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Richard, testified that his son had not been training before the encounter with Housego, and that he had tried to cancel the fight. Richard Powell stated that the Liverpool promoter, Albert Taylor, had threatened that he would have his son's license suspended if he
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Edmunds, Powell was given a re-match against Nobby Baker, which was also recognised as a title defence for Powell's bantamweight belt. Baker had been the busier of the two boxers in the four months between their meetings, contesting six matches to Powell's single
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pulled out of the fight. Taylor denied these claims. The doctor who performed the autopsy testified that the rupture 'might happen to anybody'; the charges were dropped but the promoter was censured.
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