page_title: Monte Attell
section_title: Loss of  Bantam title, 1910
hierarchical_section_title: Monte Attell / Loss of  Bantam title, 1910
caption_attribution_description: English: Frankie Conley in 1910 Source http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/frankieconley.html?23830
context_page_description: Monte Attell, born in the Knob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States, was an American boxer who took the vacant World Bantamweight title on June 19, 1909 by defeating the 1904 bantamweight title holder Frankie Neil. He held the title until February 22, 1910.
  In his career he faced world bantamweight champion Jimmy Reagan and the lesser known Danny Webster in title defenses, and after losing his title, Frankie Britt, and champions Johnny Kilbane, and Joe Lynch.
context_section_description: Attell lost the world bantamweight championship to Frankie Conley on February 22, 1910, at the Pacific Athletic Club in Vernon, a suburb of Los Angeles, by a knockout in the 42nd round.
  Conley's knockout win was something of a surprise to the audience, as he was only 20, and Attell was a well established champion. Conley staggered Attell with a right to the jaw in the thirteenth, but the first twenty rounds seemed rather even. By the 33rd round Attell seemed physically diminished from a blow to the chest from Conley.  Astonishingly, neither men were down in the grueling bout until Attell took his final dive in the 42nd round.  Attell's left eye was closed, and he appeared to have taken worse injuries than his opponent.  The grueling three hour spectacle ended when Conley knocked out Attell with a strong right.  Some sources may give an earlier date as to when Attell first relinquished the World Bantamweight Title.
  Attell fought a six-round draw with Jewish boxer Louisiana, on February 11, 1911 in Old City Hall in Pittsburgh.  Joe Biderberg, known as Louisiana, was put to the canvas by Attell two minutes into the first round, but the battle resumed at as fast  a pace as it had begun. Louisiana held frequently in clinches, likely tired and wary of the blows of Attell.  Louisiana had the better of the outside boxing, showing great defense and ducking, but Attell excelled at the infighting, as was typical of his style.  Louisiana showed better speed and was more illusive but Attell's superior infighting, though brutal at times, made the decision of most newspapers a draw.
  Attell defeated Patsy Brannigan on December 14, 1911, in a close six-round newspaper decision at Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburgh.  Typical of Attell's style, he had the best of the infighting.  He was reviewed by the Pittsburgh Daily Post as having cleaner, more telling blows, and though he allowed Brannigan to do most of the leading in the bout, he countered effectively and the blows he landed were harder than his opponents.  The Post also noted that, as was typical of his style of fighting, he "worked best in the clinches", and excelled in the infighting, and since it was the local paper, was used for the decision.  Other newspapers noted that Brannigan's aggressive display in the fifth and sixth rounds should have turned the decision in his favor.
caption: Frankie Conley in 1910
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