CARNERA FAILS
BOUT WITH LEROY HAIHES
SEVERELY PUNISHED
NEW YORK, Maj'^27.
Leroy Haines, negro heavyweight boxer, defeated Primo Camera tonight on a technical knock-out after the ninth rpund had proceeded forty seconds. The Italian, who weighed 18st 131b, was no match for.the, American, who weighed 1-Ist 41b, and who, from the. opening of the first round, when he had his opponent wobbling on the ropes, until the'end of the match, punished him pretty severely, .
Not that Camera did not fight back. He had a distinct advantage in the second and third rounds, when lie hammered the negro about the head. From then on, however, the former champion weakened badly and, pawing his way aimlessly about the ring, absorbed large amounts of punishment. He was barely able to make his corner unassisted after the eighth round, and, in the ninth, during a melee, he apparently injured his left leg. He began to reel and the referee stopped the bout.
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Evening Post, Issue 126, 29 May 1936, Page 10
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