The Archive · 1939

Lou Nova Scores Technical Knockout Over Baer

PAGE — Former Champion Ends His Career in Eleventh Round; Aggressive Youth Win Great Battle

New York, June 1. (aame his foe with the fury of a maddened panther and landing with bruising rights and lefts to heart and head, Lou Nova, 25-year-old Alameda fighter, brought the career of Max Baer, former world title-holder, to a gory end in the eleventh round here tonight and through his technical knockout victory won the right to meet the winner of the Joe Louis-Tony Galento bout for the world championship in September.

With blood streaming from puffed and cut lips, nose and two closed eyes, Baer, the powerful Californian who only a few years ago was the world champion anti a dashing, handsome figure in and out of the ring, tonight left the arena a battered, disappointed fighter who is likely to hang up his gloves permanently.

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