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kyofIsBivins BlastsVIidri5.Gus LesnevichLight-Heavy Champion Takes Only One Round.CLEVELAND — cfl?» —Although _ Gus Lesnevich is the light heavy-S1 weight, champion, Cleveland's Jim-50 my Bivins gave him such a lesson last night that Gus' co-manager, .3 Lew Diamond, doesn't want any it part of a return'match.“We'll never fight him again,”A Diamond declared after freely s admitting Brother Gus was far i from the better scrapper in the5 ten round non-title slugfest he-4 fore 9,429 Cleveland Arena customers,6 Living up to his pre-fight agree-0 ment, Bivins gulped down a quart s of water to raise his weight to1 176 K —safely over the 175 pound 3 limit—and gave Lesnevich such a , pasting the champion emerged i with a big cut under his right ■j eye, his nose bloodied and his ego i also slightly damaged.i J- just couldn't get going, explained Lesnevich, who weighed5 178. “Bivins is a tough fighter j and a good fighter.” Entering the ring an 11-10 favorite, the champion had only one good round—the tenth—although he managed to get a slight edge in the fourth and the fifth with the third even and the remaining six going to the Cleveland Negro. Lesnevich, of CHffside Park, N. J., felt the floor twice. A smashing right to the jaw sent him down for no count in the second, while he slipped to one knee ducking one in the fourth session.For the $22,892 they tendered Promoter Bob Briekman, ihe customers saw two knockouts Joey Maxim. 181. Cl eveland, disposed of Herbie Katz, 176. Brookhn, at 1:06 of the sixth round on Katz's , third trip to the floor. It was; carded for 10. Army Sergeant Joe Muscato. 188, Buffalo. N Y. put a technical knockout on Charley Roth 187. Detroit, at 1:48 of the second in a go slated for fne.
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Mansfield News Journal
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Thu, Mar 12, 1942
Page 17
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