LOUIS SCORES SPEEDY KNOCK-OUT
End Comes in First Round
RETZLAFF BEATEN AT CHICAGO
(Received January 19, 5.5 p.m.)
Chicago, January 18.
It took Joe Louis only one minute 25 seconds' to-night to add Charley Retzlaff to his loug string of knock-out victims. A crowd of 15,000 paid about SO,OOO dollars to witness tin l fight, which few expected to last over a few rounds. Retzlaff was knocked completely limp, however, almost before spectators were aware that rhe bout was under way.
After Retzlaff missed his first punch, Louis unleashed a shower of paralysing rights and lefts which rained on his opponent’s head, face and jaw. He dropped to the floor for a count of seven, but managed to regain his feet, only to fall again, and this time for the full count. Louis weighed 199$ pounds and Retzlaff 1981 pounds.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 98, 20 January 1936, Page 9
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