Evening star., 1961-01-15
Briton FoiIs
In Title Bid;
Cuts VituI

6OS1ON, Jan. IL NAH1-
Classy Paul Pender Of Brook.
line, Mass, tonight retained
his share Of the world middle
weight championship by stop
ping game Terry Downes Of
England in the seventh round
of a hereunder at the Boston
Arena.
The 30-year-old champion
floored the 24-year-old chal-
lenger in the first round and
opened two nasty cuts on
Terry's face In the fourth
round.
Downes. although he fought
strongly, bled profusely from
the fourth round on.
Refree Bill Connolly halted
the lively fight at 81 seconds
|of the seventh round.
Bleeding Too Much
Downes was gashed over his
left eye and on the bridge Of
the nose. -
Refree Connolly said.
"Downes was cut badly and
bleeding too much. I had 10
stop It,"
The doctor, he said, had told
him to stop 1t il Downes started
to bleed badly In the round"
Dr.. Francis Wixted had
climbed into the ring to ex-
anime the Englishman after
the fifth and sixth rounds.
Goth battlers formerly
served In the United States
Marines. Downes was q
Golden Gloves star in WASH
ington while on the Quantico
Marines team
Fender. making the second
defense Of his title, recognized
by New York, Massachusetts,
and Europe, set the crowd Of
about $500 into an uproar
when he floored Downes with q
right to the jaw in the first.
round.
Terry arose at five and
shook his head while he was
given the mandatory eight
count. He was hurt. but q few
moments later he was fighting
back at Pender.
Scare for Fender 4
Although the ransy and tall
ented American gave the brash
British champion q boxing les
son for most Of the fight,
lDownes gave the champion q
terrific scare IN the fifth round.
The husky Briton stunned
Pender with . right and q left
to the jaw and then drove him
to the ropes with o furry Of
punches. It looked like Pender
was In real trouble. But he
snapped out Of 1t and proceeded
to give Terry Q boxing lesson
the rest Of the round, drawing
blood with his singing lefts to
the face.
Pender was leading on the
Scorecard Of all three officials
for the completed six rounds.
Referee Connolly and Judge
Harry Sundberg each had him
ahead. 59-55. under the To-
point must" system. Judge
Steve Salek had it 1854 for
lPender.
i The Associated Press score
card had Pender ahead, 5S-55,
in points and AZ in rounds.
i Connolly gave Pender four
rounds. Downes one and called
one even. Sundberg had PEN
der ahead by the same 4-1.1.
Salek had Pender in front, five
!. rounds to one. All officials
game Downes the third round
D0wnes Disconsolate
"what can you do?" Downes
muttered In his dressing room
afterward. "f1e was gone. I had
him." referring to his third
round showing. ut was q good
fight" the disconsolate fighter
contended.
SHARP, he was" Downee
said before being hustled of
to a hospital for examination
Of the deep cut over his nose
In the third-round game
Terry moved in on Pender and
scored with some lusty smashes
to the body and head. He was
especially effective with q
right to the ribs.
But in the fourth Pendel
boxed like a master, chopped
open the cuts on Terry's face
and worked over the English.
man with sharp. telling blows
The attendance was an.
nounced as $500 and the gross
gate at $32,852. The net gate
was $50, ,687. The bout was tele-
cast across the Nation with
the Boston area blacked out
The television fee was $65,000
18th Victory In Row
It was the 18th straight VIC
tory for Pender over q four
year span. The New Englander
retired from the ring three
times because Of broken hands.
See FIGHT, Page F-3
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