Nova Beats Baer In Elimination Bout
Nova was showing signs of dis- tress but improved in the seventh, when he landed several right crosses.
New York, To-day. Lou Nova beat Max Baer, for- mer world heavyweight cham- pion, in an eliminating bout for the world title, at the Yankee Nova kept up the attack in Stadium last night in the eleventh eighth, in which blood was pouring round of a scheduled 15-round from Baer's mouth and his left eye fight, the referee stopping the was rapidly closing. contest.
lb.
NOVA ON TOP
the
Baer weighed in at 15 stone and Nova 14 stone 6 lbs. The sky Nova was now on top and box- was overcast and the weather cooling beautifully landed five punches when the fight started before a to Baer's one. Baer's mouth was crowd of 25,000 fans, among whom troublesome and in the tenth round were Jack Dempsey, Tony Galento he was spitting blood and had 'lit- and Joe Louis. Galento and Louis tle defence against Nova's bom- are to fight for the title this month. bardment.
Nova was a 10/11 favourite be- fore the start.
With a two-handed attack Nova won the first round, in which the referee warned Baer for a foul blow. Nova appeared to be unhurt.
The second round was very fierce, and Baer, looking savage, told
At the start of the eleventh round the referee asked Baer if he was able to carry on, but after 1 minute 21 seconds he stopped the fight, Baer appearing to have burst a blood vessel in his mouth. DESERVED WINNER was a deserved
Nova
winner.
Nova to keep up his punches. It He weathered the early bad spell
was Baer's round.
After a quiet third round Baer claimed a foul in the fourth but
boxed on after shaking hands. Baer won the round on a foul.
BOTH TIRING
Both boxers were tiring in the fifth round under the terrific pace. Blood was coming from Baer's mouth at every blow but he
won the round and also took the sixth with left and right hooks to ribs and head.
and was much better in the later rounds.
Mike Jacobs confirmed that Nova would now meet the winner of the Louis-Galento fight for the title in September,
Nova said that he had never seen a man take so much punishment as Baer.
Baer said that he could not breathe after his mouth was cut open in the second round.
the
Baer left the ring with his mouth stuffed with cotton wool, amid cheers, Reuter.
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