Tonight Escobar was but a shadow of his usual fighting self. Morgan ole all the thunder, He carried the fight to his foe throughout the ten rounds and rocked him in the ninth with a heavy barrage. Although Morgan blasted away with both hands he failed to live up to his nickname "Kayo."
Escobar turned in a_ surprisingly inferior performance and was clearly rattled because he could not halt the dancing, punching Morgan.
When' Morgan approached the man he beat, in the dressing room after the ring battle, the Puerto Rican, ad of accepting his rival's pro-hand, lashed out with his right.
His bare fist landed squarely on Morgan's jaw who was so surprised that before he could retaliate he was pulled away by his handlers. Escobar's manager said that his boxer was. in a terrible mood because Morgan had made him mad with his clowning tactics in the ring—United Press,
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