BOXING IN AMERICA

Evening Star, Issue 23353, 24 August 1939, Page 4

BOXING IN AMERICA

LIGHT-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AMEERS OUTPOINTS ARMSTRONG NEW YORK, August 22. Lou Ambers regained the light-weight title by outpointing Henry Armstrong in 15 rounds of wild slugging. Armstrong wns penalised in five rounds for low punching. A crowd - :of 35,000 saw one of the most gruelling brawls ever staged in New York. Blood flowed freely from both long before the finish, but theye were no knockdowns. Although Ambers put up a great twofisted fight, it is doubtful whether he would have become the first man in history to recapture the light-weight crown from the man who took it from him if Armstrong had not been penalised for fouls in the second, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh rounds. The men were in perfect shape when they weighed in. Armstrong scaled 9.9 and Ambers 9.8£. They greeted each other cordially. Edie Walker, one of Armstrong’s advisers, knocked out a process server who attempted to serve the champion with a judgment for 2,752d01. “THE TITLE STOLEN" NEW YORK, August 23/ Armstrong’s manager alleged that the title was stolen and that one of the hosing commissioners stated before the fight that Armstrong would lose six rounds on fouls. Armstrong’s manager said he would ask the Governor to investigate the commission. Armstrong complained that Ambers continually stuck his thumbs in his eyes. Ambers’s manager announced that he was not claiming the welter-weight, title.