Word: canzoneri
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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Another old fighter, Johnny Dundee, set out to make a comeback. His real name is Joseph Carrora; he is 35; a year ago he was smashed by Tony Canzoneri. In Brooklyn last week he hooked and dodged, bounced in from the ropes, stepped away from Gaston Charles; in the last three rounds, he punched the surprised French man. The crowd cheered when Dundee was awarded the victory which would have been even more romantic had it been better deserved...
...winnahhh . . . a new champiawn. . . ." A little fellow to be proclaimed in so huge a voice, he bowed gaily to the audience and hopped out of the ring, the world's featherweight champion. His name was Andre Routis; he had just completed 15 rounds of infighting against spry Tony Canzoneri. Frenchmen fight with their feet, it is said; but Routis had held his elbows pointed in front of him and his gloves near his ears as he moved in to claw Canzoneri's belly. Canzoneri, after winning the first rounds, had been gradually gutted in this routisserie; a game...
...through some ten rounds of one of the most vicious featherweight combats in memory with the jabbing agony of a fractured bone fighting his savage adversary's battle. Many a newspaper expert at the ring counted loser Bass the winner. The winner, on decision, therefore champion, was Tony Canzoneri...
Featherweight (126) Tony Canzoneri...