Honolulu Record, August 19, 1948, vol. 1 no. 2, p. 6

Joe Richardson Chills Kona Boy

Hilo—Lightweight Joe Ri­chardson of Hilo, who will turn pro shortly, chilled George Sugi of Kona in 1:38 of the third canto; and Kikuo (Plateau) Sumimoto of Hilo pulverized George Guzman of Kohala in 1:15 of the second round, in the featured scraps of an 11-bout program sponsored by the H. T. & T. Co. a. c. at Hilo's NAS gym on July 31. The smoker featured Kona CYO simon pures.

It will be remembered that Sumimoto lost to Carl Cabral of the Kalihi Pirates in a middle­weight Hawaii regional Olympic finals bout held in Honolulu in June.