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Jack Bernstein, who was born on the New York East Side, next door to Benny Leonard, was awarded the junior lightweight championship of the world after 15 furious rounds with Johnny Dundee at the New York Velodrome. Dundee scored the only knockdown of the fight and was indignant at the verdict. Popular opinion gave him only five rounds of the fight, three even, seven to Bernstein...
Died. Arthur Chambers, 75, former lightweight champion of the world, at Philadelphia. In 1879 at Chippewa Falls, Canada, he fought the longest bout on record, 136 rounds. The fight was under the old .London rules whereby a knockdown counted as a round. When the late Marquis of Queensbury decided to formulate rules to elevate the sport, he consulted Chambers and their joint efforts resulted in the regulations under which boxing contests are now held...
...matched that the Referee called for an extra round of two minutes. In the first round Monroe led a little the more frequently, but the fighting was very light and even. In the second round both made some very hot rushes and each man nearly succeeded in getting a knockdown...