The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
B~low-By-Blow Of Fight

The following is a blow-by-blow ac-
count Of the Joe Louis-Red Burman
heavyweight championship fight, as
reported by the Associated Press:
ROUND ONE
Louis waited in his own corner as
Burman walked across the ring. In
a half clinch, Burman threw two
short overland rights to the ear.
Louis caught Burman near a neu-
trail corner and shook him with
right and left to the head. Burman
crowded in and threw a hard left
and a short overland right to the
head, Joe jabbed Reds nose twice
with his left. Burman hooked two
lefts to the body as he backed Joe
into his w corner. Louis fired a
right to the face and a left to the
body. Burman bounced two straight
lefts off Joe's nose and swung a
right to the ribs. Louis hooked a
hard left to the head but took a
right to the head in return. Bur
man stabbed Louis with a long left
to the nose. Joe bounced left, right
and left off Reds face, but Burman
came back with both hands to the
body at the bell.
Louis round.
ROUND TWO
AS Louis handlers worked on him
between rounds, it was noted he had
a very slight cut over his right eye.
Burman swung an overland right to
the ear but received a left to the
body in return. Red crouched in
close and fired two solid rights to
Joe's face. Louis nailed Red with
a smashing right uppercut. Louis
bounced a right off the chin and
took a left to the body in return.
Louis measured Burman against the
ropes and threw both hands to the
body. Louis nailed Burman with a
left hook but Red drove back fast
and banged a right off Joe's jaw.
Louis backed away and whacked
Red with a right cross, as Burman
crowded in Louis pummeled him
with both hands about the head.
Burman bounced a right off the face.
Joe, in a half-clinch, threw left and
right to the body. They traded
one-two to the face and fired a right
to the a at the bell.
Louis round.
ROUND THREE
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In close, Red threw both hands at
the body. Louis shook Red with a
hard hook to the ear. Then Joe
measured him with two smashing
right crosses as Burman crowded in
close. Burman bounced a hard hook
off Joe's face and Louis slipped
under the lower strand of the rope
to n knee. He was up immedi-
ately and it was not a Touchdown
but a fall. Louis caught Burman
in mid-ring and fired both hands to
the head. Louis backed away and
blasted with both hands to the head.
Joe was just short with a right up
percut and Burman rushed in and
connected with a solid left to the
cheek. They traded smashing rights
to the face as Burman went into his
crouch again at the bell.
Louis round.
ROUND FOUR
Louis backed away from Reds
rush and stabbed with his left. Bur
man leaped in with three hard lefts
to the face that sent Joe backing
away to his w corner. In close,
they dug away at each others body.
Louis smashed Red with a hard
right cross but it seemed to have
no effect on the Baltimore better.
Another right drew blood from Reds
nose. In close, they mauled each
other about the body. Louis straight
tened Burman up with right upper
cuts. Louis bounced a crashing one
two off Reds chin, but still Burman
crowded in. Red nailed Joe with a
left and a right to the face. Bur-
man threw a right to the head. Bur-
man hooked Joe with a hard left