San Francisco, Nov. 7-
Andre Shelaeff, the murderous punching welterweight champion of the Orient, knocked out Al Evans tonight in the third round of a planned ten-round main event at the National Hall.
Evans, who substituted for Johnny Disopa, local welterweight who was laid low early today with influenza, was no match for the youthful fighter from Shanghai.
A two-fisted fighter who won the hearts of local fight fans less than two weeks ago in his debut against Johnny Fasano, leading North Beach welterweight, Shelaeff tonight assured himself of a large following.
Cutting loose with terrific attacks from the opening gong, the freckle-faced Russian youth swarmed all over the American battler and sent him sprawling to the canvas on three occasions before hammering him unconscious, The Russian scrapper, who rose from the ranks of unknown amateurs in Harbin to the top of the 147-pound class in the Orient within the short space of two years revealed exceptional power.
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