`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 referee's decision. Ward does not mention this, but if it's correct his accunt of the fight would imply it should have been rules a ``No contest``. Various internet boxing sources either don't list the fight, probably on the grounds that a six-round 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 reader's 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 Oscar-winning actor.  `