Wrigley Field in Los Angeles provided the venue for the World Bantamweight battle between "Ratón" Macias, the Mexican NBA-sanctioned king of the ring from Tepito barrio in Mexico City, and Alphonse Halimi, the Algerian native Jewish "Little Terror" boxing out of Paris who held the respect of most other authorities, in a truly international contest to unify the titles.  The agile Frenchman provided the favored Mexican little quarter, despite the 20,000 strong crowd that apparently favored their continental brother, and after the slated 15 rounds had been filled, the desert-born European titlist wore the world belt based on a split decision.  Former world light welter champion Mushy Callahan, the referee, saw the win clearly in "Ratón's" column, while the judges both scored it for "L'Enfant Terrible," as seen nationally in a broadcast on the ABC television network, though the show was blacked out in Southern California.
  Fighting in a featured undercard featherweight bout in the Los Angeles ball park, the man who would eventually end Halimi's reign in the nearby Sports Arena in 1959, Guadalajara's Jose Becerra matched up well against East L.A.'s Dwight Hawkins, and knocked the Alabama-born American to the canvas for a full count in the 4th of a slated 10.  Also meeting at featherweight, though for a middling 6, the Flint, Michigan, veteran Auburn Copeland dominated the far-less accomplished Bobby Gray out of Sacramento, handing the Californian his 2nd loss in 12 shows by a knock out in the 5th frame.  A pair of shorter combats filled the remainder of the time at the ball park, as Willie Parker, an East Liberty, Pennsylvanian come west, triumphed over Manny Elias, out of Tucson in Arizona, in a bantamweight contest to break out of a poor start in a ring career, and in a featherweight match, the 1-bout veteran Ernest Harris captured his 2nd victory over the less-fortunate novice Angeleno Clyde Nettles, who deposited his gloves ringside, figuratively, after the loss.