100 years ago
Pancho Villa vs Georgie Marks
Date: 8th February 1924
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Title: World Flyweight Title
Pancho Villa
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Weight: 111 lbs
Georgie Marks
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Weight: 116 1/2 lbs
In what should have been Pancho Villa's second defence of the World Flyweight Title he won in a vacant title fight with Jimmy Wilde, the Filipino faced American George Marks at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Marks failed to make the weight at the weigh-in so, would not have been able to win the title even if he had been victorious.
The 'Filipino Whirlwind' won by unanimous decision.