SARRON TOO GOOD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 246, 16 October 1937, Page 4

SARRON TOO GOOD

DEFEAT OF FRED MILLER ALL BUT KNOCK-OUT At Johannesburg on September 4, Pete Sarron, the world feather-weight champion from Birmingham, U.S.A., did everything but score a knock-out as he outpointed former title-holder, Freddie Miller, of Cincinnati, to retain his title in a 12-round bout. A crowd of 25,000 saw Sarron floor his opponent twice and gain a decisive victory in the last bout of his long tour of Europe and South Africa. He

is scheduled to meet Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles negro, in New York this month to clear up their disputed title claims. Sarron weighed 125i1b and Miller 12321 b. The Birmingham boxer nearly ended the bout in the sixth round, when he ripped a right to Miller's stomach. The challenger sagged toward Sarron, who smashed a left to the head and floored him for a count of seven. Miller, recovered quickly and lashed out at Sarron to siart a whirlwind session of slugging which ended only when the referee pried them apart after Miller had failed to hear the bell ending the round. In the twelfth Sarron swung a hard right and sent Miller to the canvas for a count of three, but Freddie bounced up and was trying wildly for a knockout when the fight ended. Although it was a slashing fight all the way nei her suffered any visible ■ damage until the eleventh. Then [Miller landed a haymaker that drew 'blood from Sarron’s nose, and Pete 1 retaliated by opening an ugly cut (above Miller’s eye.