At the close of the fight Archibald bad a deep gash in his left cheek, and another, gash high up on his forehead. Belloise also was badly pum-. melled, having a gash over his right eye, which itself was almost éomplerely closed.
In most of the rounds Archibald gave Belloise a terrific battering, and there was no doubt about the victor, The bout was staged as one of a current series of eliminations to de, termine a successor to Henry Armstrong, who retired from the title some time ago.
Armstrong took the title and cleared up a general mess when he successively defeated Petey Sarron and Mike Belloise, both title claimants, in his climb to fame. Sarron is no longer in the picture, but Belloise is still an important contender. "With his defeat by Archibald, however, Belloise is now temporarily out of the picture, and only Leo Rodak stands in Archibald's path to undisputed recognition.—United Press.
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