BOXING
SCHMELING DEFEATED A TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT. NEW YORK, June 8. Max Baer defeated Max Schmeling on a technical knock-put ip the tenth of a scheduled 15-round contest. BAER’S TERRIFIC HITTING POWER. NEW YORK, June 8. (Received June 9, at 5.15 p.m.) Displaying terrific punching power Baer caught the former world champion with a barrage of rights to the chin in the ninth round. Schmeling was tottering groggily after the bell. Coming out savagely to finish the German in the tenth round Baer loosed a volley of rights and floored Schmeling for the count" of nine. Schmeling came up gamely but was helpless, and Baer smashed him from one side of the ring to the other before the referee stopped the bout. Baer had a 13Jib advantage. The betting was 3£ to one in Schmeling’s favour. Baer had him on edge throughout. The attendance was 65,000.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21976, 10 June 1933, Page 11
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