The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-02
SERVO STOPS
COCRRANE TO
TAT TITLE
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New YORK, reh. e-(UpD-MartS
Servo, q converted southpaw" q
Schenectady, N. Y. was acclaimed
q formidable new welterweleht
champion Of the world today, after
his goltlng left jabs and stunning
left hooks had blasted the coveted
crown on ancient Freddie Co.
chFAneS reddish locks By 4 knock
out IN the fourth round.s
The dispatoh with which bgawny,
iark-haired Servo achieved his
triumph IN this frst postwar title
TIT surprised the ls,sss fans who
paid se2,so5 ut Madison Square
Garden.
Although Servo, an ex~coast
guardsman Of 2, was Q ilghter IN
his prime, and Cochrane, an ex-
sailor Of 30, was an "old man" OF
the ring, the speedy termination OF
this scheduled is-round bout was
unexpected. Cochrane had lasted
into the 10th round twice with
heavier Rocky GTaEiano, hardest
hitter I nthe middle~wesght divis~
ion.
Challenger servo, scaling two
pounds less than the champ-i4S
10 l4b-exploded q final left hook
In CochraneS blood-smeared face,
smashing him backwards to the
floor IN Servos corner, with his
head ASkew over the lower ring
rope, Cochrane finally got one hand
on the second ring strand and was
trying desperately to pull himself
up OF his launches when Referee
Eddie Joseph counted him out at
asa Of the fourth.
Thus ended Cochrane's first de-
fense OF the l47-pound crown he
had wreSted from Fritzie Civic on
a laundering upset at RuppertS
Stadium, Newark. N. J., July %,
is4i. It was the NTH knockout IN
Cochrane's long career During Is
years OF campaigning, the rugged
redhead had been belted out only
BY Pedro Montanez. Paulie walker
and Rocky Graziano, twice.
TrOuble Ahead
The new champion is scheduled
to defend his title against Ray
CSugar) Robinson, formidable Har-
lem, Negro, In the same Garden
ring on May D. Meanwhile, he
will have three non-title bouts.
Negotiations are virtually COM
pleted for a Garden match on
March with the winner OF next
Friday nights scrap between Beau
Jack and Johnny Greco. He Will
fight Aaron Perry at Washington,
d. C., in Griffith Stadium in early
May; and probably sandwich in a
Garden scrap with Rocky Graziano.
That left Jaab Of Servo started
Cochrane on the skids In the first
round. Cochrane had taken COM
mand In the first minute and q half,
sending sharp hooks TO Martyrs
body and head, and shooting
straight rights at Martyrs left eye
an optic that has a reputation
for swelling up under punishment.
Champ Surprised
Cochrane, as he forced the night
ing, was cautious Of Servos LEFT
hooks, and constantly alert to step
inside the hooks with ripping rights
to the body. But the challenger
suddenly surprised him with aseries
Of solid left jabS to the face that
knocked him back on his heels and
bloodied his mouth and made him
q ready target for the more-dam-
aging left hooks to body and head.
Servo's jabbing and hooking attack
in the last minute 70 the opening
round gave him an even break IN
that session. And he took immediate
command in the second round.
never to relinquiSh 1t. He gave Red
a thorough battering in the second
and third sessions, although Co
chrane fought back gamely as the
strength Of his "old" body gradu-
ally faded.
Early in the fourth, Servo landed
two terrific hooks to the body; fol-
lowed by a left hook to the chin
that almost lifted Red on Is feet.
Then the challenger battered Co
chrane about the ring and forced
him into Servo's corner where
mixed barrage to body and head
was clinaxed by the finishing left
hook.