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Old 04-08-2019, 03:12 PM   #1326
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Mar. 1942 - Part 2 of 2

Oops, starting in April of 1942 and just noticed I forgot to post results from the second part of March 1942. In a few instances, I will just post the barebones result since the text has been overwritten. Sorry.

Unfortunately, one the overwritten bouts was an exciting WBA title bout. So, here goes.

Mar. 20, 1942: Sydney, Australia
Jack McNamee KO 5 Vic Caltaux (McNamee successfully defends his OPBF WW title)

Mar. 21, 1942: London, England
Teddy Gardner SD 12 Rinty Monaghan (Gardner retains CBU Fly title)
Benny Lynch UD 12 Jackie Brown (Lynch captures GBU Fly title)

Mar. 21, 1942
: New York City
Billy Conn SD 15 Archie Moore (Conn captures the WBA LH title from Moore) (Judge's Scores: 143-145 Moore, 143-142 Conn, 146-140 Conn)
Jersey Joe Walcott TKO 11 Patsy Perroni (Walcott successfully defends his NBF HW title)

Mar. 27, 1942: To the Far East for a Friday night card at Manila’s Rizal Arena. It’s an abbreviated card with no title bouts, and featured is a bout matching two regional MW titleholders, NABF MW Champ Charley Burley, traveling all the way from the USA to face homegrown favorite, OPBF Champ Ceferino Garcia. The two have not met before and Burley, higher ranked and a heavy favorite, gets off to a strong start, dominating the action from the opening bell. Burley continues to rack up points, building a solid lead (50-46 on the unofficial card) at the midway point. Late in round six, Burley unleashes a barrage of blows that puts Garcia on the canvas. A Burley cross drops Garcia to the deck for the second time, in the seventh round. In round nine, Garcia suffers a cut forehead but Burley, with a large points lead, prefers to take no chances and eases up a bit. In the final round, however, Garcia sustains a second cut, under his left eye, and this is sufficient cause for the ref to call a halt. TKO 10 for Burley (already ahead by a wide margin), who improves to 28-1 (21) with the win, reinforcing his position as a top MW contender. For Garcia, now headed into the End career stage, the loss leaves him at 43-25-2 (24).


Mar. 28, 1942
: A interesting main event to top a nice card at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium, as two US-based regional titleholders battle it out with Fritzie Zivic, the “Croat Comet,” facing USBA WW Champion Izzy Jannazzo for Zivic’s NABF WW title (Jannazzo’s USBA belt is not up for grabs in this matchup of two top five WW contenders). Zivic prevailed in their only prior encounter, back in 1938. Rough start for Zivic, who sustains a bad cut over his left eye in the very opening round of the bout. The cut is reopened in the second round, giving Jannazzo an attractive target. Some good cornerwork manages to patch up the cut, but it does not prevent Jannazzo from finding the range, doing sufficient damage to cause swelling around the injured eye. Despite a couple of nice rounds by Zivic in the fifth and six rounds, the unofficial card has the challenger, Jannazzo, with a two-point lead (58-56) at the midway point. Into the later rounds, and Zivic, who is the aggressor, continues to cut into Jannazzo’s early advantage. The bout remains close into the final few rounds, as both men appear exhausted. Trouble for Zivic as the cut is re-opened for a second time, in round 10. Nonetheless, no further damage is down, as Jannazzo, confident of victory, adopts a defensive posture for the final two rounds. But wait, in the final round, the cut is opened for a third time, and this time, a stoppage is ordered. Since the cut was the result of an unintentional butt, the scorecards after 11 decide the outcome, and the bout is declared a technical draw (105-103 Zivic, 102-106 Jannazzo, 104-104). A rematch, later in 1942, appears likely. Post-bout career marks: Zivic, 30-10-6 (15); Jannazzo, 33-5-4 (13).

Mar. 28, 1942
: To the Cow Palace in San Francisco to wrap up this month’s activity. Main event pairs two regional titleholders, as NABF BW Champ David Kui Kong Young faces Aussie Mickey Miller, who currently holds both the Commonwealth and OPBF BW titles. No prior meetings of these two, who battle in this 10-round, non-title affair. Action picks up in the opening round as Kui Kong Young lands a heavy blow that forces Miller to cover up. After another big round in round three, Kui Kong Young pulls ahead on points (the unofficial card has him up by 49-46 at the halfway point). More of the same as the bout heads into the later rounds, with Miller suffering from a rapidly swelling right eye by the end of the eighth round. Kui Kong Young goes on to wrap up a lopsided UD 10 (100-90, 100-91, 100-90). This enables the American BW to rack up his 11th successive win, improving to 25-1-1 (14) overall. The loss drops Miller to 31-10-2 (18).
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