The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
Four Fast Bouts Reward Wrestling
Bull Montana
Knocked Out in
Boxing Match
Had Had own Way in
Most of Fight With
Ricardo Cortez

With eight top-flight members Of
the wrestling fraternity on the eve
ning's card, and a six round boxing
match between Bull Montana and
Ricardo Cortez providing the main
attraction, capacity crowd
TANNED its way into the Ypsilanti
Armory Thursday night and was
rewarded with four fast and furious
bouts. Cortez In the feature bout
proved he was not altogether un-
familiar with the boxing ring as he
came back In the last three rounds
OF the fight to score knockout
victory over Montana after the
Bull had had the fight much bis
own way In the initial three ses-
slons,
The bout was the elimination Of
a long standing feud between these
two grapplers which broke out anew
two weeks ago when the pair used
their fists almost exclusively ~
what was supposed TO be wrestling
match. This rough and tumble rect
ing naturally suggested regulation
boxing match. 50 the two agreed
to don the leather gloves and battle
VI out.
In the first round OF the match
Thursday. Montana got off to 4
good start as he dumped his oppo.
nent on tho mat for three count
with right to the chin. The sec
ond round was when the Bull really
began To work, however, as he
scored four lnockdowns-three for
counts Of six and the remaining one
for four. Cortez shook off the ef-
fects quickly. though, and finished
the round strong The third session
saw the two battlers really put on
an exhibition and Cortez was saved
by the bell after furry Of rights
and lefts from the stocky Montana
/ flonred him.
The fourth round saw Montana
take advantage of his seconds pail
of water as he dipped his right
| glove In Il before answering the
| bell and with his blow enhanced
by the additional weight IN his
| glove the Bull decked CorteZ nj
/ the outset of the round for a four
! count. Thereafter, however. Cor
tez took charge OF the proceed
ings as he downcd his opponent
! four times during that round. fou'
times in the fifth and then kayoed
4 the Bull in the sixth with a power
full right to the chin.
Rivaling the main bout for the
] nights top honors was the regula-
/ ton wrestling match between the
six hundred and twenty-five pound
Blimp and Mike Chacoma. a mere
two-hundred FOUNDER Although
scheduled for twenty minutes the
match lasted only four as the agile
/ Chacoma managed to stay out from
under the ponderous Blimp by one
! means or another and finally pinned
| him to end the match. The little
/ fellow. although losing. will be back
| again next week as one of the prin
/ cipals In a five man Battle Royal
/ Another excellent match Thurs
/ day was the Walter RoXie.Tony Fal
| ETH go that ended in a draw with
| each taking a fall Faletti took the
| initial one after twenty-five minutes
of match had expired with pain
/ full hammer lock that finally rem
deTed RoXie helpless. The popular
| Walter came back 10 take the sec
ond, however, after becoming
aroused by Faletti's tactics. Only
| three minutes now remained to the
match, and although striving furi
ously. neither was able to pin the
other and referee Jerry Jones de
clared the match q draw
/ An excellent preliminary match
was staged by johnny Silyy and
| Steve Karas with this also going
| TO a draw.