New York, Jan. 7.
Freddie Apostoli to-night scored a technical knockout over Freddie Steele, world middleweight champion, in the ninth of a planned twelve-round non-title bout at the Madison Square Garden.
The "Belting Bell Hop" from San Francisco created the biggest upset in recent months by handing the world champion the worst beating that he had ever suffered and one ai the worst in New York ring history.
Although the bout was cut short in the ninth round, most of the spectators thought that it should have been halted in the eighth, when Steele, bleeding and groggy, reeled around the ring, practically unable to defend himself from furious two-fisted barrages.
There was considerable dispute over a low blow in the seventh which caused Steele to double up. The champion tried to claim a foul, but the referee, under the New York Boxing Commission rules, warned him that he must continue or immediately lose on a technical knockout.
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