Los Angeles, May 6.
Ceferino Garcia, d-hitting Filipino welterweight, tonight battered ow a surprising victory over Glen Lee, leading Nebraskan middleweight, in ten rounds before a record crowd' of 20000 wildly cheering spectators at Gilmore Stadium.
The husky, rough and tough Lee was outpunched and out fought by his lighter but more aggressive foe. Only the timely clanging of the bell saved the leading middleweight contender from taking the fatal count on two occasions.
There were no knockdowns, but on two occasions Lee was on the verge of crashing to the canvas and staying there for a knockout count.
Terrific Punching Twice in the second canto and once in the third round," Lo" reeled under the -terrific punching of the Filipino, known as one of. the hardest hitters in the ring today.
Lee, who gained favour with fighting followers because of his fine showings against Freddie Apostoli, Was saved by the bell in both the second and third frames.
The swaying Nebraskan refused to slug. He realized that he was up against a murderous puncher and confined his attack to close. quart when he peppered his foe's midriff with stinging rips and short hooks to face and head.
Garcin, however, broke loose, re-talloting with barrage after barrage of head-tearing uppercuts which caused Lee to stumble and his Knees to buckle.
Lee was bleeding pi fusely at the end of the fight, his face kory mask because of many cuts.
The lethal-fisted Filipino was on the shor, end of two-to-one odds. He weighed 145 pounds while (Lee tipped the beam at 154.—United Press,
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