"A FAKED FIGHT."
ALLEGATION AGAINST CARNERA. INVESTIGATION IN AMERICA. t (United Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 16, A message from Oakland, California, reports that the State Boxing Commission, which withheld Primo Carnera's pnrse of £2OOO, has hegan an investigation into reports that the Italian's fight with the negro, Leon Chevalier, on ~April 14, was "faked. The negro, who weighed 216 pounds and made an impressive showing for six rounds, dropped for a count of nine. He arose and one of his seconds tossed in the towel, whereupon Carnera was awarded a technical knockout, which action is illegal in California unless the chief second has the fight stopped. Chevalier's wife, it was alleged, persuaded the negyo tp_admit that he had been approached with a promise that the nurse ''would be more than 900 dollars" if he consented to follow questionable arrangements.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 159, 17 April 1930, Page 5
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