The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
LEONARD RETAINS
LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Received the Judges Decision OIei
Rocky Kansas st End OF a
is Round Bout.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Benny Leon
ard, worlds lightweight boxing cham
pion, retained his title tonight by re-
ceiving the judges decision over
Rocky Kansas of Buffalo at the end
Of their 15-round bout in Madison
Square Garden.
Both men entered the ring at 10 p.
m Leonards weight at 2 o'clock this
afternoon under conditions of cham
pionship. was 1874 IL pounds Kan
sas weighed in at 1875. Madison
Square Garden held a capacity crowd,
$4,000 persons.
Round One. They spared for a mo-
ment and Leonard tapped the chal-
lenger on the nose with a light left.
Kansas missed two left hooks for the
jaw. Leonard took light left on the
nose. Kansas missed a hard left
swing for the head and then sent a left
to the body followed with another to
the jaw. The challenger was forcing
the fighting.
Round Two. The champion boxed
cautiously and took a hard left to the
face. He shot a right hook to the
challenger's jaw Leonard blocked two
left swings for the head. They were
in clinch at the bell. Leonard bled
at the mouth.
Round Three. Leonard sent
straight left to the nose. Kansas
missed two right swings and a right
''ppercut. Leonard sent his left tc
a right hook. The champion out
boxed the challenger in this round but
his punches We're light.
Round Four. Both missed rights to
the head. Kansas sent hard rights to
Leonard's body and in a clinch they
exchanged right uppercuts. Leonard's
nose was bleeding. Kansas missed
repeatedly. Leonard sent hard right
to the challenger's jaw.
Round Five. Kansas using a back
handed punch with his left, caugh
Leonard's jaw twice. They had al.
even exchange of rights at close quar-
ters. Leonard sent straight right TO
jaw and left to the body. They were
sparring at the bell.
Round Six. Both men worked quick
iy. Leonard landed a sharp right hook
on the challenger's jaw. Kansas took
three straight lefts on the nose and
returned one.
Round Seven. They fought at close
quarters but landed few effective
blows. Leonard then sent a series of
straight lefts to the chin. Leonard
blocked most of the challenger's
punches. They were in a hard ex-
change of rights and lefts to head and
body at the bell.
Round Eight. Leonard's blows were
finding their mark in this round He
followed a hard left to the body with
two right hooks to the jaw. Kansas
sent right and left to head Leonard
sent short left to the chin.
Round Nine. Leonard sent a series
of straight lefts to the chin and saw
He sent hard left hook to the jaw.
Leonard shook up the challenger with
right uppercuts at close quarters. The
champion appeared in his best form
in this round.
Round Ten. Kansas missed a left
swing and took left to the jaw Kan
sas sent straight left to the jaw.
Leonard landed left and then a right
hook. Leonard sent two straight Iefts
to the body Kansas countered with
right to the body.
Round Eleven. Kansas went down
uuGer a stiff left hook to the jaw but
was up at the count of nine. Leonard
sent hard blows to the body but Kan
sas managed to last the round
Round Twelve. Leonard landed his
left at will, but they were light as he
was looking for an opening for a right.
Leonard sent his left to the challen-
gers chin and jaw repeatedly but
Kansas appeared to have recuperated
from the eleventh round knockdown.
Round Thirteen. Leonard landed
short rights and lefts to the body. He
sent hard rights to the stomach and
three fefts to the challenger's face.
Leonard cautioned Kansas against
hitting low.
Round Fourteen. Leonard sent lefts
to the body and right to the head.
Leonard sent sharp let's to the chin.
Kansas WINGED under left TO his
Leonard landed a sharp left
70 the chin at the bell.
Round Fifteen. Leonard rocked the
challenger with rights and lefts to
ch'n. He landed straight right to the
Jaw. Leonard sent right to the body
and followed with right uppercuts at
close quarters. Leonard landed
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