The McLaglen article says the fight was a No contest bout which meant it could be won only by a knockout not on points or the referees decision Ward does not mention this but if its correct his accunt of the fight would imply it should have been rules a No contest Various internet boxing sources either dont list the fight probably on the grounds that a sixround contest does not count as a heavyweight title defence or show the result as no decision or no contest See for example a response to a readers query on the News site On balance it seems that no contest was the outcome of this fight the only one in which Johnson was matched against a future Oscarwinning actor