The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-08
CANzONERI IS
 DETERMINED TO
 STAY IN RING
Ambers Not Interested in Fourth Bout Tony
 Is Through"
BY HENRY SUPER

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, May 8-(UP)-The lit- tie man sat on a green stool in Ma dison Square Garden. His right eye was purple and puffed so that he could barely see. His left eye brow was badly gashed. The bridge of his flat nose was slaShed.
 But through lips hammered twice normal size by blows of lightweight champion Lou hmbers, Tony Can- zoneri muttered:
 "Naw-he didn't hurt me. I want to fight him again. Think can beat him."
 That's Canzoneri-a battle-scar- red veteran of 12 years, holder of four world titles and still confident, at 32, that he can whip father time as well as his opponents in the leather pushing industry.
 Last night, before 11,005 persons and to man they were roofing for the former champion-Canzo- neri took beating that would make any other man think twice be- fore continuing where he already has earned himself a place as an immortal. But in his heart-one of the stoutest-Canzoneri thinks he can keep going. And no one can convince this swarthy little scrap- per, who won and lost two light weight titles, one featherweight and junior -welterweight crown, that his number is up.
 Tony won the crown for the sec- ond time in 1885 by beating Ambers. He lost 1t to Ambers last September. And last night he entered the ring determined to become the first man ever to win three titles in the same division.
 But the fates said no-and it's a 1000 to shot that Tony ever will reverse that decision. For Ambers no longer is interested in fighting Canzoneri again.
 T won the title from him and promised him a chance to win 1t back. I beat him again last night 50 I'm not interested in fighting him again." And that just about ends Tony's future championship aspirations.
 Tony plans few weeks of rest he turned down chance to fight an unnamed opponent in Madison Square Garden May 28 a few min- utes after his defeat-and then he hopes to start on another come back"
 AS a fight 1t wasn't much. Am bers, by Judicious use of long left hand, won nine of the IS rounds &C., cording to the United Press score sheet. The judges gave Lou from 12 to IS rounds, the latter being scored by Eddie Forbes.
 The champion opened up an old cut on Tony's nose in the second round. He kept it open until the fifth. Then in the sixth he began concentrating on Tony's right eye and had 1t practically closed from the tenth on. In the 18th round, which was even, Lou gave Tony a nasty gaSh on the left eye brow.
 Canzoneri was far from the Tony of old. He stood flat-footed in every round but the last and let Ambers come to him, bobbing out of danger and countering with sharp rights.
 Most of the crowd thought Tony was winning because he landed the harder blows. But Canzoneri,s rights landed about once for every ten or 12 times for Lou.
 The crowd, from force of habit and sentimentality, booed the de- cision. Canzoneri's manager. Sam my Goldman, claimed that Ambers was "heeling and sticking his thumb in Tony's eye;" that the referee was incapable"
 But there was only one alibi. and 1t can hardly be termed that for a man of Tony's calibre: Canzoneri is through and his fighting heart is far from enough to keep him going.