The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
Blow-By-Blow Fight Account

force that Godoy's head snapped
back. Louis whacked the challen-
ger with another hard right upper
cut. Joe fired left, right and left
at the head as Arturo crowded him
against the ropes. Godoy smashed
Joe twice to the body with left
hand at the bell. Louis round.
ROUND SIX
Louis jabbed at the nose with
his left hand. Godoy bounced a
left off the ear. Louis moved off
the ropes and landed a hard right
cross under the eye. Godoy con-
tinued his crowding and fired lefts
to the body. Godoy's right eye was
swelling where Joe had been work.
ing with his left jab. The cham
pion lsnded a terrific right cross
to the jaw, then hit his man with
a left and right uppercut and
Godoy held. Louis landed left and
right to the head, then took two
lefts to the body. GQdoy bounced
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his right uppercut to the chin
again. Godoy fired left and right
to the body in close. Louis then
connected with his right uppercut
but Godoy's crowding and crouch
ing continued to give him trouble.
Louis round.
ROUND SEVEN
Louis jabbed with his left to the
nose three times, then fired a hard
right to the jaw. Godoy made Joe
blink with three stiff left hands to
the side of the chin. Godoy kept on
crowding Joe against the ropes as
they mauled in close. Godoy poked
his left to the body. Again Godoy
crowded Joe into the ropes and they
mauled away. Louis staggered
Godoy with a smashing right to
Arturo's sore eye and Godoy rush
ing in fell half through the ropes
before recovering. Louis connected
with a left hook to the jaw Is Godoy
continued to crowd him. Louis
threw his right uppercut to the chin
and Godoy countered with a left
hook to the body. Godoy appeared
to be firing but backed Louis
against the ropes and hammered at
the body at the bell. Louis round.
ROUND EIGHT
Godoy poked a left to the body as
he backed Joe against the ropes.
Louis fired his right uppercut to the
chin again. Godoy crowded Louis
to the ropes, then tossed both hands
t the body as Joe u~ppercutted with
his right. Godoy smashed a vicious
overland right to the chin which
staggered Joe momentarily. They
danced around for a few moments
e C ging straight lefts.
Louis cracked his right uppercut
against the jaw on more, then
hooked twice with his left to the
head. Godoy leaped in with a slash
ing right to the side of the face.
Louis fired a right to the ear. Louis
hooked a hard left to the head and
repeated as Godoy tossed both
hands to Joe's ribs. In close they
mauled away in a neutral corner,
Godoy backing Joe against the
ropes and refusing TO give ground.
Godoy smashed two hard lefts to
the jaw and was still fighting after
the bell sounded. Godoy's round.
The crowd howled in delight.
ROUND NINE
Louis fired a hard left to the body
then jabbed twice to the nose. Joe
tossed a left jab and right uppercut
to the head, then crossed his right
to the chin and Godoy appeared to
be hurt. Godoy continued backing
the champion against the ropes.
Louis right uppercut bounced off
tie South Americans eye. Godoy
fired three lefts to the ribs against
the ropes, then got inside with two
stiff left hooks to the head. Godoy
backed the champion into his own
and they failed away with
short punches at each others head.
Louis slugged back in his own cor
ner, connected with his right upper
cut as Godoy punched to the body
and they kept this up for several
seconds. Godoy hurt the champion
with a hard right and Louis blinked
as Arturo followed it up with left,
and left to the jaw at the bell