Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-15
.PANCHO VILLA
DEFEATS ] z Buff;
GETS KNOCKOUT
New Champ. Gets. Ready 4 {:
Meet Wilde For World
Championship.
Champions Seconds Throw
In Towel in Opening Of
18th Round.

New York, Sept. 15.-Pancho Villa, !.
sensational Filipino boxer, who. won
the American hyweight championship
last night by scoring. a technical
knockout over Johnny Buff of Jersey
City. N. j., in the eleventh. round Of
a fifteen round match at ,Ebbetts field,
will now seek d match with Jimmy
Wilde of England for the worlds
title.
Villa demonstrated his superiority
| over the best Of the American 112
Founders by o%utboxing and outpunch-
ing Buff d%ecisively. Buff, in the
opinion of ringside experts. showed
the effects of illness which has kept
him out Of the ring since he lost the
worlds bantamweight title to Joe
Lynch of New York, and was unable
launched by the Oriental fighter.
Villa aoored the American three
times in the tenth round and a
ready to deliver the knockout blow
when Bluffs seconds, tossedSs,a towel
in the ring after 81 seconds #of the
eleventh round in acknowledgement
Of defeat. X NM; q
Brooklyn, N. Y, Sept: 14.-Pancho
Villa of Manila, tonight became the
flyweight' champion of the UNITED
States by scoring a technical Knock
out over Johnny Buff of Jersey City.
twenty-seven seconds after the open
Ing of the eleventh round of a sched-
uled 12 round bout. S&,
Villa led at the end of the third
round. He drew blood from.EBufHs
mouth in the first but the American
champion did not open up until; the
third. The fighting was open with
Villa landing more of the damagiA
blows and leading in the. attack
Villa rushed Buff to the ropes with
a shower of blows in the fourth and
cuffed him about in, the next two
rounds. The Filipino s~:artedfto meas2
ure the American for, a knockout in
the sixth but Buff kept clear and
maintained a safe blocking defensei
More Action. =
Buff showed more action in the next
three rounds but Villa continued to
advance his commanding lead. The
Filipino met the Americans attack
with an offensive that drove Buff to
the ropes in the seventh and trounced
him about the ring in the ninth
In the 10th round Villa scored two
knockdowns. He began. by pummel-
ing Buff with both hands, rushing him
to the ropes n then chasing lin
across the ring. Buff was Keeling
when Villa landed his left to- the head
and sent h American humping to the
floor.
Buff's. seconds threw a towel into
the ring when Johnny battered to
grogginess. stood. helpless before the
Filipino's attack.
The first time Buff did not take the
count but when. Villa placed both
hands to the head, a few seconds later
the American lay on the floor until
five was counted and the bell rang
saving him. He was picked up and
placed in his chair.
Villas From First. i
1t vas Villas f1ght from the first.
He was always active, always punch
ing for an opening instead Of whiting
for a chance, as Bun did. His ter
rife body blows with both hanos
Slapped the American champion in the
early rounds and his crushing left
hooks and jabs to the head In the
latter rounds brought him the victory
Buff was unable to open an attack
He tried to edge in blows after tux
third round but Villa met every attack
with another. his two hands punish.
ing re~lentlessly.
Buff weighed 111A pounds. Villa
10. y 81
!, In the semi-final bout. eight rounds
Elinos Flores of Manila. received the
judges decision over Nick Foley, q
Brooklyn. Flores sent Foley to the
floor for a count of nine in the sixth
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