The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
K.O. WINNER OVER
 HOWARD WRIGHT
Negro Stopped in Sixth; Hatcher, Duffy Win Over
 Harper, Brown
BY HUGO HooKJAB

Dx nOOO nOOMJAD
 Francesca Montanari of Italy, w'lo has been on American soil about two years, provided the thrill of the outdoor boxing season, local- ly, when he stiffened the classy Howard Wright of New York in six rounds last night at Randolph Gloves stadium before 1,400 payes. Clumsy, but strong and with plenty of "heart" backed by 8 knockout wallop, Montanari stalked Wright for four rounds, knocked him down | and then threw the niftieSt "1-2" punch of local record near the ropes in the sixth. A short left hook found | Wright's jaw, staggered him and a straight right came whistlin | through, dropped the New York negro, as though he had been shot.
 Surprise
 Wright's ability to box and punch needs no repetition here, for there were many who thought the clumsy but untiring Italian was another 'tset-up" and when he scored the knockout in 2:17 of the sixth round crowd milled around the ringside to see how badly Wright was hurt. The negro tried every way to draw Montanari in for a kayo wallop, and he did land some stiff body punches which Monty shook off like flies as he never stopped try ing to land his haymaker and was quite successful from the second round on. Wright gave up trying to slug with his white-skinned foe, hoping that he would tire enough to succumb to a wallop to the chin in the later rounds, a situation which never came. The boys are middleweights, Wright, 149 1-2; Montanari, 154.
 Jimmy Kid Hatcher, the South Carolina Slugger won a merited six 1 round decision over Texas Lee Harper who held on for six rounds, | except for occasional flashes of punching power, then had big seventh round when he outpunched and outpointed Hatcher, only to have the southern boy come back l strong in the final heat to win it going away. Harper was cut badly over the left eye in the very first round, but fought on, became a popular underdog and when he did make his move in the seventh, he was cheered wildly, though his con- tinuous holding and Hatcher's eighth round finish brought about the decision of Referee digger Mo- Carthy in Hatcher's favor, which was, in the opinion of the writer, as right as rain.
 Hatcher was guilty of a little rough-housing himself, once hitting Harper after the bell, which sounds like a teacup anyway, and cannot be heard any too well by anyone beyond the fifth row, and when train whistle blows, it's just too bad!
 Took It Easy
 For the first four rounds, Harper fought a strictly defensive fight, hitting and holding and hoping that his eyebrow would not be broken open again. Hatcher's tim ing was off considerably, but he scored enough when his arms were not tied up tight to make him winner, outside of the seventh round. Harper is game and flashy and has a good, fast left hook, but l Hatcher made the fight and won it. Harper scaled 130, Hatcher a half pound less. The South Carolina boy had pretty rooter in his 19 l year old wife, who was introduced to the customers by Announcer Shick Kelley.
 Cotton King of West Palm Beach had a soft touch in substitute George Collins of New York, the bout be- ing stopped in the first round after Collins eye had been cut and it was apparent that King would have no opposition worthy of the name. Iambo Kid, Mexican scheduled to box King was six pounds too heavy.
 K0vach Defeated
 Another substitute, Danny Rob- erts, New York negro surprised the clients when he nearly knocked out the tough Dula Kovach of Naugatuck in the fourth round, and then went on to win despite a strong rally by Kovach in the fifth round. Both boys tired considerably in the final heat, but Roberts held the edge on the knockdown which gave him the decision. They are light-heavies. Roberts 174, Kovach, 177.
 Billy Duffy of Hartford, showed considerable improvement over his last local showing and with better opposition, had no trouble outpoint- ing and outpunching the able Billy Brown in a four round opening bout.
 The Irish Eddie Dolan Johnny Bellus match was announced as in the making for next week, though not closed yet. If that does not go through, local fans may get an- other look at Ernie Cat Robinson and Francesca Montanari. Nothing official yet on either bout.