World's Heavyweight Championship

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 July 1933, Page 7

World's Heavyweight Championship

Knock-out in Sixth PEIMO'S TERRIFIC RIGHT ' I UPPERCUT. NEW YOKK, June 29. The fight for the world's heavyweight championship took place in Madison Square Bowl. Camera weighed 18st B_lbu, Sharkey 14st. 51b. The odds shortened to 11 to 10', favouring the champion, Sharkey, Us the men entered the ring. In the first round Sharkey almost fell through the ropes when he rushed at Camera and the latter threw him heavily aside. Camera hammered the champion's face. It was Camera's round.

Sharkey to6*k the second round with his short rights and lefts to the Italian's face. The latter backed into the ropes, his own blows falling short. A straight left to the face snapped the challenger's head sharply back on the bell. Sharkey continued his advantage in the third round, reaching his opponent repeatedly with blows to the head and body. The Italian fought back savagely, but his blows were wide. In the fourth round, the champion was outboxing his opponent, whom the referee repeatedly warned for holding and hitting in clinches. The Italian's blows seemed without particular direction. His massive arms, however, were like a shield, difficult to penetrate. The fifth round was marked by a scorching right hooked by Sharkey to Camera's jaw, badly shaking the challenger. The Italian now began to rush the American hard. Sharkey, nevertheless, fought back skilfully, blocking his opponent's blows and landing on Camera's .jaw. At.the bell the American still led. The sixth round was Camera's. His manager, before the bell was heard to urge the challenger to ''ftake advantng» of everything." .Just what this meant was made clear when Camera immediately rushed upon Sharkey and drove him hard about the ring, clubbing lefts and rights to the head and blocking all the American's returns with ease. Sharkey slipped once to the floor, but rose immediately.^ Then in a clinch on the ropes he umiss-

ed his ..footing and slipped on his left knee, as Camera landed a light, right uppereut. The champion went down, but arose before the count could have begun. Apparently he was unhurt. Carnera resumed the chase of his opponent, and then, apparently from nowhere, he pulled a terrific right uppereut, which landed flush on Sharkey's chin, snapped his head back, and seat him down, where he was counted out with his face on the ring floor. , The- ohampion was carried to his corner, his manager excitedly demanding that Camera's gloves be examined. A semi-hysterical scene ensued in the ring when the spectators leaped in, but order was soon restored.