10 rounds

Oakland
Billy Smith
VS
Herbert
Lewis Hardwick

No contest

Nov 24, 1944 · Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Smith going in—

Hardwick going in162-43-9

Confirmation✓ one source

MethodNC

Round3 of 10

NotesCocoa Kid was knocked down four times,; but the referee declared it a no contest believing that he was faking

Sources

English Wikipedia
side b · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Lewis_Hardwick

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