BOXING IN AMERICA.
LIGHT-WEIGHT CHAMPION. LEONARD BEATS TENDLER. Australian and N.Z. Cabl* Association. (Reed. 9.0 p.m.) .NEW YORK. July 23. Benny Leonard retained the lightweight championship, defeating ; Lew Tendler in a 15-round bout. • During the first~ four rounds Leonard and Tendler fought with spirit, both taking considerable punishment. Tendler, in the second round, drove Leomard to the ropes, but the champion i came back with telling blows to the face and body. Leonard (staggered his opponent with a right to the jaw just before the bell en.Jed the fourth round. . Leonard during the next four rounds appeared to handle Tendler in a confident manner, > punishing his opponent. on the body and face. Tendler's seconds between the rounds applied ice to his face which was rapidly swelling. Leonard's great superiority was clearly evident in the remaining Seven rounds. Tendler's . blows missed their goal, while Leonard inflicted constant and telling punishment, weakening his opponent, who in the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds was sustained. only by gameness which saved him from a knock-out.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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