Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-27
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successfully defended his title and won
the $1,000 diamond belt. cmblematic Of
the title of the championship. which
was presented 10 him by Tex Rlcknrd
Then he scored a technical knockout
over Joe yelling. OF Chicago. IN the
fourteenth round uf what was Ia have
been a fifteen round bout al Madison
Square Garden tonight.
Leonard did not show the effective.
ness of his punches until the iath
round when he sent yelling down three
times. Wclling going through the ropes
On two Of these occasions and was very
groggy going Ia his corner.
Opening Bout.
The opening bout uf six rounds liar.
vcy Bright. Brooklyn fcathcrwcight
was given the decision over Jimmy
Powers. Hoboken.
jeff Duffy. Chicago middlewclghi.
lost the decision IN ten round bout
with Frank Mcclure. " williamspuri,
Pa. Duffy weighed 1864 i.2 pounds ana
Mcclure 1866 Ia
Panama Joe" Cans, negro middle.
weight champion. knocked out Gcorg
round Of scheduled lO.round sent.
final bout. Cans weighed $50 pounds
and Christian 1855.
R0und One-After some sparrlng.
Welling landed a right To the body.
Leonard hooked left 10 the head. and
after an exchange Leonard sent a
right half arm uppercut To the chin.
There was no damage done
Round TwO-Thcy exchanged rights
and lefts to the body and Leonard hook
ed a right to the face. Both landed lett
and rights to the head AT close quar-.
tiers. Leonard kept jabblng lcfts to the
face and sent three hard lofts to tho
body. blocking Wolllng's right lead to
the head Leonard kept forcing the
pace 10 the bell doing nearly all the
leading.
Round Threr-I.eonard hooked =
hard left 10 the ear and sent another
= Ia the nose. wcllIng was strictly on
the defensive. seeming To be- waiting
for Leonard 10 tire fruIAhi efforts.
Welling was cautioned by the referee
for hitting low ON the body. ~ short
range yelling put two rights 10 the
body and Leonard hooked his right 10
the head There was some in.tighting
with no damage The men exchanged
light rights 10 the head
Round Four-At close STARTERS Well
ing sent three short rights To the body
and then Leonard stepped back and In
again with left and right Ia the head.
yelling sent back hard right Ia thu
head. Leonard jabbcd left Ia face and
nard sent hard right TO the head and
missed a wicked left hook.
Round fiye-welling jnbbcd left TO
face and Leonard sent left To body ana
a right hook To head Leonard hooked
his left a. body and face and Wolling
landed hard right To head. Leonard
sent half dozen lofts 10 the body and
yelling hooked his right To the head.
After some sparrlng Leonard missed
right swing to the head a, the hell.
Round Six-l.eonard kept jabhing to
the body and then sent his left hard to
the body and head without a return
Leonard put more steam In his blows
at this stage and sent right and left
10 the head. following with three vie
ioua right uppcrcuts. yelling hooked
his left To the face and received vi.
cious return right 10 the chin This
was the livclicst round ~ far.
Round Seyen-iseonard Jabbcd three
lcfts IL the body and they exchanged
rights e. the head. Then Leonard
staggered yelling with left hook 20
the ear and followed with right la
the body. forcing yelling into a neutral
corner and driving two rights to the
head before the gong sounded
Round Eighi--I.conard sent three
left labs to the body. After n clinoh
Leonard hooked hard left To the head.
Benny swung right 10 head and hooked
right 10 jaw. Two hard rights 10 tn"
heart from Leonard made wclllng
vince.
Round Nine-I.conard hooked his left
Co the head three shines and drove
hard right % the stomach. The cham
Mon was outboxing and outfighting his
man but his blows seemed to lack
steam. rs though making weight had
weakened him. Leonard sent his right
to the head twice while yelling did mo-
land an effective blow during the round.
Round Ten-.Thcre was q lot of iid'
ding I'm this round which WAS rather
tame until Leonard sent his left 10 the
body and followed II with a hard right
Ia the face I.e,mnrd hooked let's -
the face and they were sparring at ths
bell.
Round Eleven-Leonard drove his
right over the heart and wclllng coun'
tered with right Ia the head. Leonard
hool,ed left a. the badly and head. Leo
nard Kent forcing. bu, there was a COOL
deaf of cInchlng. Leonard tried right
swing Tor the head hut u went Wild
lust before the bell
Round Twelvr-Both landed rights
to the head and Benny kept boring In
sending lefts to the body. welllng gee
ing to a cllnch frequently. Benny hook
ed A hard right Ca the ear. He tahhci
n lcf, thre, times and hooked his body
and followed II with short half righ'
arm uppcrcut. wclling going 60 his
Former seemingly uninjurcd.
Round Thirteen .sonard sent lct.
and right 10 body md right to the hea l.
wellinE silll was an the defensive. Leo
nard rushed nj him again. sending
wcIling who fell backward through thu
ropea hut was up again In moment
Leonard rushed nj him again. sending
Weillnr down again Tor n count ~ tive.