Arizona republican., 1920-11-27
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NEW YORK, Nov. 26. = Benny Leonard, worlds champion light weight, successfully defen6ad his title and won the $2,500 diamond belt, em- blematic of the title of the champion snip, which was presented to him by Tex Rickard when he scored a tech n1cal knockout over Joe Yelling of Chicago in the fourteenth round oi what was to have been a 15-round bout at Madison Square Garden to- night Leonard did not show the ef- fectiveness of his punches until the thirteenth round when he sent We'll ing down three times, Yelling going through the ropes on two of these oc- casions and was very groggy going to his corner.
 Leonard seemed over anxious to finish his task at the opening of the fourteenth and simply battered his op- ponent to the floor with lefts and rights for count of nine. Yelling. showing remarkable gameness, tottered to his feet The referee, however. de- cided that Yelling had received suf- ficient punishment and stepped in be- tween the men. although Yelling and his seconds protested that he was able to continue.
 In the opening bout of six rounds. Harvey Bright, Brooklyn feather weight, was given the decision over Jimmy Powers, Hoboken.
 Jeff Duffy. Chicago middleweight. lost the decision in a 10-round bout with Frank Mcclure of Williams port, Pa.
 Duffey weighed 1s4k pounds and McGuire 1854.
 Panama Joe" Cans, negro middle weight champion, knocked out George Christian of California, in the third round of a scheduled 10-round semi final bout. Cans weighed 150 pounds and Christian 15S
 John HaukoD of Brooklyn refereed this bout It was announced he would referee the main contest.
 The attendance was estimated at 12,000.
 FIGHT BY ROUNDS
 ROUND ONE: After some sparring Weiling landed right to the body. S.eonard hooked a left to the head and after an exchange Leonard sent a right half-arm uppercut to the chin. There was no damage done.
 ROUND TWO: They exchanged rights and lefts to the body and Leon ard hooked right to the face. Both landed lefts and rights to the head at close quarters.
 Leonard kept jabbing lefts to the face and sent three hard lefts to the body. blocking Welling's right to the head. Leonard kept forcing the pace to the bell. doing nearly all the leading.
 ROUND THREE: Leonard hooked a. hard left to the ear and sent another to the nose. Yelling was strictly on the defensive, seeming to be waiting for Leonard to tire from his efforts.
 Yelling was cautioned by the referee for hitting low on the body. At short range Welling put two rights to the body and Leonard hooked his right to the head.
 There was some infighting. with no damage, the men exchanging light rights to the head.
 ROUND FOUR: At close quarters Yelling sent three short rights to the body and then Leonard stepped back and in again with left and right to the head. Yelling sent back a hard right to the head. Leonard jabbed left to lace and Yelling clinched. After the break Leonard sent hard right to the head and missed a wicked left hook
 ROUND FIVE: Welling 1abbed left to face and Leonard sent left to body and right hook to head. Leonard hooked his left to body and face and Welling landed a hard right to head Leonard sent half a dozen lefts to the body and Yelling hooked his right to the head. After some sparring Leon ard missed right swing to the head at the bell.
 ROUND SIX: Leonard kept jabbing 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 to the head following with three vicious right uppercuts.
 Yelling hooked his left to the face and received a vicious return right to the chin.
 This was the liveliest round so far.
 ROUND SEVEN: Leonard jabbed