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Bettina Decisions BoboFight Draws 23,000 FansInto Cleveland StadiumBomber for MacArthur” BoxingCard Has Gate of $100,000CLEVELAND—Boxing made what may be its last major contribution to a military fund here last night when a crowd of 23.574 paid approximately $100,000 to see Melio Bettina of Beacon, N. Y., pound out a 10-round decision over Harry Bobo of Pittsburgh in the feature of an all-star “bomber for MacArthur’’ program at Cleveland stadium. __Bettina. who beat Bobo in a'imatch se\*eral months ago, was battered to the canvas in the fifth round for a nine-count, but came back in the late rounds to score a close win ove: the Pittsburgh Sunday school teacher. It was his 33rd straight victory as a heavyweight.Too fast and too smart for Bobo, Bettina pummeled him with hard rights to the head and lefts to the body that had the Pittsburgher bleeding from nose and mouth thruout the fight. The United Press score sheet gave Bettina seven rounds with the giant Negro taking only the second, fifth and seventh.Bettina won the first round by a narrow margin but Bobo, using his right almost exclusively, took the second. Bobo orot the crowd to its feet in the fifth with a club-lke right to the head that slowed up Bettina. Then he sent the former light-hea vyweight king to the canvas with ngms and lefts to the body.At the count of nine, Bettina got up and hung on the ropes to stave off Bobo’s rush until the bell. Melio came back strong in the sixth and in the final two rounds both fighters tried for a knockout. Both rounds went to Bettina as his better-aimed and timed punches halted Bobo.Bobo weighed 211 to Bettina’s 187.Anton Christoforidis, 169, Cleveland, outsmarted and outfought Johnny Colan, 175%, New York, to take an easy, 10-round decision in their return match. ChristoforUdis beat Colan in Chicago lastmonth.Sergeant Joe Muscato of Buffalo gave Cleveland’s Lem Franklin a terrific one-round beating to score a technical knockout to win in 1:58. Franklin weighed 202 and Muscato, 175%.
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Coshocton Tribune
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Wed, Jun 24, 1942
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