FIRPO DEFEATS REICH.
yf ST ROUND KNOCK-OUT. (Received 12.95 a.m.) •. Renter. V NEW YORK. April P.The Argentine heavyweight boxer, liuia Firpo, defeated Al Raich, of New York, at Buenos.Aires, knocking him out in ; the first round. - *'■ The end come in one minute 45 seconds. Firpo landed• a .terrific right * ; to the jaw, and Reich dropped "with a crash. *He rolled over on his face' after the count of 10 and fried to rise, ' bit fell and -was picked op and carried to., his \ corner. ;C . Firpo thus fulfilled his promise to win what he called "his last fight quickly. He rushed 'furiously at Beich -as r the gong sounded, landing a heavy right'v to the body. Reich clinched, but ;. a 'moment later .Tirpo landed another right.;. ~ , Reich replied with a left;', the fact). The men clinched. Breaking away Firpo r launched a: furious attack, and delivered the knock-out, * terminating Reich's ; hop® of the championship. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 9
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