LIGHT HEAVY CROWN
NEW TITLE-HOLDER CONN HEATS BETTINA Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. July 15, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 13. Billy Conn, Pittsburgh, won the world’s light heavyweight boxing lmmpionship with a points decision over Melio Bettina, New York, in a la-round bout. It was a closely-fought contest in which the winner came from behind, Bettina seemed to be far superior in the first four rounds, after which the challenger■ made Bettina's taco the target for left jabs. Both fighters staggered each other with hard blows. The referee and adges unanimously picked Conn.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19990, 15 July 1939, Page 9
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