Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-26
BEN LEONARD BESTS
PAT MORAN IN TEN
ROUNDS, NO DECISION
Champion Hurts Right Hand
in First. Fights Most of
Battle With Left.

|. New Orleans, Feb 25.-Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion of the
world, had the better of Pat Moran of
New Orleans in their 10 round no de-
cision bout Saturday night at Louisi-
ana auditorium. Moran made a re-
markable showing. rushing the cham
pion at times. He had the better of
two of the rounds and held the cham
pion even In another. Leonard fought
most of the battle with his left hand
He said after the bout he had in
jured his right hand by hitting Moran
on the head in the first round. He
also seemed strong, but little tired.
Inc weights were announced as Moran
134 1-2: Leonard 139
The fight by rounds:
Round one-Moran rushed and Leon
ard blocked left. Leonard missed a
right upper cut. Leonard hooked a
left to the body. Moran rushed and
barely missed smashing right to jaw.
Moran spun him around with a right
on the head. Leonard seemed anxious
and was wild, Leonard landed a stiff
left at the bell. 1t was Moran s
round
Round two-Moran put a hard right
to body. Moran landed right upper
cut and rushing the champion, landed
hard right to face. Leonard hooked
hard left to the cheek and followed
with hard smash to the body. Leon
ard landed several more smashing lefts
and smashed right to the face in the
cllnch. Leonard's round.
Round three-Leonard rushed in and
landed light left and then buried a
left to the body. Leonard spun him
around by the elbow and rocked him
with left hook. Moran rushed and
Leonard smashed terrific left to the
body. Moran landed a hard left and
harder right to the body in a clinch.
Moran was bleeding from the nose.
Again it was Leonard's round
Round fOur-Leonard rushed Moran
and missed two lefts when the latter
backed away. Leonard hooked a hard
left to the jaw and a smashing right
uppercut to the jaw. Moran landed a
left hook at the bell Leonard's round.
Round Five-Moran rushed into a
clinch and put two light lefts to the
body. Leonard landed left hook.
Leonard seemed biding his time. Mo-
ran stuck out his chin and Leonard
smashed three terrific lefts to the face.
Leonard's round.
Round Six-Leonard landed a left
hook. Leonard swung another hard
left and Moran put right swing to the
side. Moran landed a hard left to the
jaw. missed left swing and then land
ed a right to the chin. Leonard jabbed
and then danced about. Leonard S
round, by slight margin
Round Seven-Moran landed left
to the body and Leonard jabbed with
left Moran landed a right uppercut
and left hook Coming out of a elinch
Moran pulled perfect pivot swing,
landing Il heavy smash to Leonard $
jaw. Leonard came back and jabbed
twice. Moran hooked left to the head
and right to the body. Moran's round.
Round Eight-Moran put a straight
right to the body. Leonard hooked a
heavy left to the jaw and followed it
with another Moran missed right
and left but swung hard right to the
head In clinch Leonard landed
right upper cuts. Moran rocked him
with an overland right and rushed him
about the ring. Leonard was surprised
but@Unhurt and he fought back hard.
Round Nine-Moraps left eye was
beginning to swell badly. Leonard
hooked hard left to the chin. coming
out of clinch. Moran kept his head
bobbing and Leonard could not line
him up tor punch. Leonard 5 round.
Round Ten-Moran rushed, missing
a left. Leonard smashed a left to
the body. Moran landed a right upper
cut and Leonard jabbed him three
times. Leonard sent crashing left
to the body and Moran countered with
left. Leonard rocked him with
terrific left. Moran fought back hard.
landing a right swing. Leonard rocked
him with left and rights to the jaw.
Moran was tired at the bell but fight
ing desperately and gamely