Seattle, July 28.
Discouraged over his defeat at the deadly fists of 22-year-old Al Hostak, Freddie Steele, former world middleweight champion, announced today that he was hanging up his gloves and quitting the squared arena for good, The Tacoma battler has been in ill health for the past year and has continually been affected by spinal injuries and bad hands. He al: suffered from broken ribs on several occasions The fact that he was badly beaten by Apostoli early in January and the one-round knockout two days ago by Hostak led the former champion to realize that he was through, it was generally believed,—United Press.
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