to the mat, and upon arising, he knocked him to the mat a second time. The referee called an end to the match, resulting in a technical knockout. Immediately afterwards, Pinkie's brother Ritchie believed a foul had been committed, claiming Leonard had hit Pinky when he was down on one knee on the mat, but the referee disagreed. The Buffalo Courier wrote that Leonard was in the motions of hitting Pinky when he was on one knee, but that the referee waved him away before the blow occurred. Regardless, a fight between Richie and Davey Mitchell, the referee, ensued that ended in a near riot among the spectators. The police put down the protests with their billy clubs, though no arrests were made. Despite the protests, the charity event ended with a win by Leonard and no foul called by the referee against Mitchell in the tenth. Mitchell defended his title at least six times. One of those defenses, a 1925 fight against James "Red" Herring, was mired in controversy. Herring won by disqualification and claimed the light welterweight championship. The Wisconsin Commission and the NBA both declined to recognize Herring as champion, however. Loss of title and career decline, September, 1926 His defense against Mushy Callahan saw Mitchell lose his title decisively on September 21, 1926 in a ten round points decision. Callahan, who began piling up a points lead from the first round, knocked Mitchell to the canvas in the eighth and tenth. Except for the fourth, which was even, and the sixth where Mitchell led, Callahan took a strong points margin in all the remaining rounds. After losing to Callahan, Mitchell never won another fight and retired in 1928. After boxing After he retired, Mitchell twice ran for sheriff of Milwaukee County, losing both times. He died on March 11, 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Professional boxing record All information in this section is derived from BoxRec, unless otherwise stated. Official Record All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column. Unofficial record Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column. See also List of light welterweight boxing champions References and notes External links Pinky Mitchell - CBZ Profile https://titlehistories.com/boxing/na/usa/ny/nysac-jwl.html https://titlehistories.com/boxing/wba/wba-world-sl.html |- 1899 births 1976 deaths Boxers from Wisconsin World boxing champions Light-welterweight boxers Sportspeople from Milwaukee American male boxers