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Louis Knocks Out Galento in 4th
After Challenger Drops Him in 3rd
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Champion, Near Defeat,
Comes Back To Pound
His Foe Into Submission-Referee Stops
Bout Seen by 34,852 at Stadium
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By JAMES P. DAWSON |
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In a heavyweight battle that will take its place among the
ring's outstanding title struggles because of its savage fury
and methodical butchery, Joe Louis last night knocked out
Two-Ton Tony Galento, barrel-shaped Orange (N.J.) challenger, in
the fourth round of what was to have been a fifteen-round
struggle in the Yankee Stadium.
The end came in 2 minutes 29 seconds of the fourth session,
but only a short time before the Brown Bomber's hand was raised
in victory he had been close to being dethroned.
Galento, the despised, the roly-poly, unorthodox,
uncontrollable heavyweight who was not conceded a chance in
advance of the bout, thrilled 34,852 wild-eyed, shouting men and
women by knocking Louis down in the third round for a count of
one. He missed the title only because in his awkward,
heavy-footed way he could not muster the accuracy to uncork
another left hook to the jaw such as the blow that floored
Louis.
Failing in this unexpected emergency, Galento went the way of
most Louis foes. He was butchered into submission under the
paralyzing power of the champion's blistering blows, rendered
helpless before a crowd that paid receipts of $283,303 for a
battle which, in advance, promised to be ridiculously one-sided
and developed, instead, into a bid for the title that was
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The New York Times - June 29, 1939
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