Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission v. Bratton

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County sustaining the appeal of Johnny Bratton, a professional boxer, from an adjudication of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission in suspending indefinitely his privileges as a professional boxer and forfeiting $3,000 of his purse. The commission’s determinations were based on. its. so- called findings that Bratton, in a match on February 24, 1954, did not “fight in the manner in which he has shown he could in the past, and was not putting forth liis best efforts . . .” ■

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