First Round -They shook hands. They exchanged body punches and fought at close quarters. Wolgast bored in, using his usual tactics of playing of playing for the stomach. Welsh forced Wolgast to the ropes and pounded his body and head with left and right. After breaking from a clinch the champion pecked Wolgast with straight lefts to the face. Wolgast retaliated with body punches but the Englishman came back with hard lefts and rights to the head. They were in a clinch at the bell. Welsh's round.

ROUND 2 Wolgast tore into the champion and hammered his kidneys with right and left hand punches. They fought at close quarters. Welsh used his left hand continually, but Wolgast blocked most of the attempts. Each landed body blows, but no damage was done. After breaking from a clinch, Welsh jabbed Wolgast with his left and crossed his right with damaging results. Suddenly Wolgast crossed his left to Welsh's jaw and the Englishman started to hang on. They exchanged rights and lefts to the head at the bell. It was an even round.

RONUD 3 They mixed matters in the center of the ring with Wolgast having the advantage. Ad landed body blows, which made the champion hang on. They traded body punches. Welsh jabbed Ad with his left and crossed his right several times, but the punches lacked force. Wolgast landed two hard lefts to the jaw at the bell. It was an even round.

ROUND 4 Wolgast rushed Welsh to the ropes and landed damaging body punches. Welsh retaliated with straight lefts to the face, but suddenly Wolgast tore loose a left hook, which straightened up the champion. They mixed matters in the center of the ring with welsh having the better of the exchange. The referee stopped the bout momentarily because Wolgast was hitting low. They were in a mix-up at the bell. It was Welsh's round.

ROUND 5 Wolgast rushed Welsh to the ropes and landed hard body blows. They clinched and on the break Welsh landed two straight lefts to the face and crossed his right to the jaw. They went I into a fierce mix-up, trading punches to the face and body. Wolgast drove his left to the stomach and Welsh began to hold on. After the break they traded punches, with honors even as the bell rang.

ROUND 6 They mixed in the center of the ring with honors even. Wolgast was trying for a knockout, while Welsh was playing the game safe. The champion jabbed Wolgast with his left hand and crossed his right to the head and body. Wolgast landed lefts and rights to head and body, and in a fierce mix-up Ad drove both hands to the champion' s stomach with damaging effect. They were at close quarters at the bell. Even round.

ROUND 7 They went into close quarters and traded body punches. Welsh jabbed Wolgast with his left, but Ad came right back with right and left body blows. Welsh opened up with a volley of left and right punches to head and body, but the Dutchman responded with punches of the same variety. Wolgast was hitting low and had to be cautioned again. Welsh landed several punches to the head and had the honors when the bell sounded.

ROUND 8 They traded punches, with the champion having the better of the exchange. Welsh continually drove his left to the face and crossed his right either to head or body. At this stage Wolgast appeared to be tiring. They traded blows at close quarters and the champion had the better exchanges. After a clinch Welsh sent in left and right upper cuts to the jaw and again Wolgast had to be cautioned for hitting low. Welsh's round.

ROUND 9 They mixed with welsh havingthe better of the exchanges. Fred jabbed Wolgast with his left at will and forced Ad to the ropes. Welsh was the aggressor at all times, and by the use of his left hand opened up an old cut over Wolgast's right eye. Wolgast landed a light left hook to the head, but the champion again forced him to the ropes with lefts in the head and right crosses to the body. Wolgast suddenly put in a hard left to the stomach, but Welsh evened up matters by putting his left to the face and right to the jaw at the bell. Welsh�s round.

ROUND 10 They shook hands. Wolgast waded into his opponent, hitting him with body punches, but Fred came back with lefts and rights to the head. The champion used short uppercuts to Wolgast's jaw and forced him in retreat. They landed body punches on the ropes, and when they got to the center of the ring Welsh drove in rights and lefts to the body. Wolgast tried hard to land a knockout, but his swings were wild and missed their intended point by a mile. The champion easily evaded the Dutchman's best punches and won the round by a good shade.

March 7, 1916
Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Daily Tribune