Evening star., 1943-10-16
Hanbury Leaves No
Doubt Of Mastery
In Hating Petro

tween Lew Hanbury and Danny
Petro is decided in Hanburys favor
with the technical knockout in Ill
Of the seventh last night at Uline
Arena leaving no doubt about Lewis
superiority.
The amazingly fast Hanbury took
advantage Of every opening to give
Petro solid drubbing about the
body in the early rounds and then
shifted his attack to Danny's head
to put his opponent down four times
in the payoff round before Referee
Marty Gallagher stopped the fight.
An unfortunate stunning right to
Petro's face after the bell ended the
sixth round possibly hastened the
end. but Danny was on his way out
at the time and the result beyond
doubt would have been the same.
Hanbury had him all set for the kill.
He just didn't hear the gong and
let 1t go, leaving Petro barely able to
stagger to his corner.
Petro and his manager, Glenn
Drake, in the dressing room after
the fight. carefully made no refer
ence to this late punch. Il honest
ly enjoyed the fight" Petro said.
Hes a tough boy. ] still think I
could beat him. Even when he
knocked me down that first time lin
the sixth round I didn't even think
to take count All I wanted was
to get up and hit him with a left.
But I just couldn't tag him."
Hanbury Likes 1t, Too.
Hanbury, too, evidenced an en-
joyment Of the battle. "Petro is the
stiffest puncher I've met" he said.
II honestly didn't hear that bell.
I just wanted to get in there and
get him before he got me-"
A near capacity crowd OF ABB,
including several hundred service
men, put sl0,470.70 in the till to see
a real back alley brawl. Petro, a
IL underdog, took the first round
by fair margin when he connected
with touted left hook, but that was
all he had and it required only one
round for Hanbury and his man.
ager, AL WE'LL. to solve that. Han
bury came out in the second round
with left jab that kept Petro off
balance and fast, accurate right
to the body that forced Danny ever
backward.
So effective was this style that
Petro didn't land a solid punch in
the second and took a terrific beat
Ing around the midsection. In the
third Petro had to hang on. with
his body again the target of Han
bury's sharp inside blows. This
went on all through the next few
heats, although in the fifth Petro
got the range again with his left
Hanbury caught most of the
punches on his side and arm. how
ever, and by this time was moving
in for the kill.
Hanbury Is Over-Anxious.
Hanbury caught Danny with q
terrific right smash flush on the Jaw
to start the sixth, and from then On
1t only was question of time. In
this heat Petro was knocked halt
through the ropes twice and hit the
deck once, but he didn't bother to
take count. The overanxious Han
bury wouldn't go to a neutral corner
and Referee Gallagher had trouble
giving Petro enough time to regain
his feet.
Then came the blow after the
bell, and in the seventh Petro was
dashed to the floor for no count bv
right to the head. Again he hit
the canvas, this time taking nine
Once more he went down for nine
count. barely staggering to his feet
He was down again, half through
the ropes and sitting on the ring
edge, when Gallagher stopped the
bout.
Hanbury weighed 1873 and Petro
l2e.
A quick knockout featured the
semlfeature. with Herbert Marshall
l72, putting John Thomas, l73
away in the second round with a
series Of rights and lefts to the
body. So out was Thomas 10 min
utes elapsed before he was able to
sit up.
Dan Biggers, 1875. wasn't able to
come out for the fifth round against
Eddie White, 1873, after being
knocked through the ropes at the
end Of the fourth, while in other
preliminaries, Ossie Rodriguez, 1876
declsioned Jimmy Jerico, l25, in five
rounds. and Victor Creelman out
pointed Charles Bennett, lao, in six