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 margin. Evidently Tender took the advice for he rushed twice into the lead but his accuracy was as poor as before and Leonard took a respite. The referee cautioned Tender for using the rabbit punch. They danced around. Leonard caught Tender with hard rights to the jaw and sent in a few more when Tender clinched. Tendler landed two short uppercuts and took two body blows. Tender punched the champions kidneys. Tendler sent a terrific right into the stomach that gave resounding plump. Leonard jabbed with his right. Leonard caught Tender with three crosses in the champions corner and the challenger appeared worried when the bell rang.
 Round 9:-Tendler's handlers kneaded his muscles and Leonard 8 continued to offer advice. Tendler landed lightly with his right. They spared around the ring and clinched Leonard's left wes bothersome and Tendler clinched. Tender walked into a straight left and was cautioned for hitting low with the same hand. The champion blocked him effectively in two clinohes. Tender walked into Leonard's stiff right jolts and the champion crossed and hooked. Tender became more inaccurate and missing with his left again fell partly through the ropes. Leonard pounded Tenders body with his right and forced the challenger away by sending the same hand to the jaw. Leonard uppercut sharply with his right and lashed his right to the challengers stomach. Leonard pounded some more at the body. They were separated at the bell.
 Round 10-The champion rerolved around the challenger who stood in the center of the ring. Leonard backed into g. neutral corner and land Ed swiftly two hard rights to the head. l leonard missed short straight up- percut. They clinched. Leonard 'asly tucked Tenders advance and l stopped his next swing by holding out his left hand. Tender was again unsuccessful in trying to break
 
 nore jabs and falling into a clinch, | leonard right hooked and sent right lppercut to the jaw in close quar- CTS. They spared. Leonard smashed . rendler on the jaw with a hard rirnt ! tnd they were sparring when the . ound ended.
 Round 11-They stood in the centet 'f the ring and again the champion lanced around his opponent. Tendler ell into a clinch. Leonard uppercut with his left and hooked with his fight. Tender caught the champion md hooked his left to the body. They linched. They boxed and danced . bout Then they spared. Then leonard laced out with his left and bsorbed Tenders advance with a finch. They exchanged short body 'lows. They backed away and did again. Another similar exchange ras followed by light sparring. Leon- rd stopped Tenders next advance by ticking his left hand under Tenders rmpit, pushing him partly to the GOT. The crowd laughed and whistled t Tenders inability to get beyond ,eonard's left jabs with which he rotected his wide lead Tendler ralked dismayedly as the bell rang.
 Round 12-They spared cleverly hey clinched. They locked their left rms and exchanged rights to the ody. Tender was short four times { ith an overland right Tender ( .nded a light left, two light rights ] nd another light left. Tendler stop ' ed short and punched his adversary's , cad with his right and then allowed i'm to clinch. Leonard was having < as serious enough. Leonard speedi- x
 countered Tendler's advance with 4 right to the head but was unable
 land an uppercut in clinch. Tend r's nose was trying to bleed. They inched. They were sparring when c e bell stopped them. F Round 13-Tendler's handlers were I. cited and doused newspapermen in h cir corner with water. The fight F s walked into a clinch. Leonard D ,oked with his left and then hooked e Irder with his right to the jaw. He b lashed Tenders mouth with a bat D ring right. Leonard uppercut sharp IA with his right then pushed Tend n r away. They clinched slothfully X 'onard whipped right to the chest ii d they clinched. Tender ducked o easy rights and fell against the . pes for an opDortunity to rub his