"Despite talk of Salvadore's superior experience, I do not think Andre was himself after the third round otherwise he would not have permitted himself to be drawn in and would have held Salvadore off," Shelaeft's handler said.
His second referred to the fact that Salvadore continually punished She-Jaeff at close quarters, jabbing the midribs and sending in punishing ribs to the heart, Salvadore, however, did shake She-Jaeff with blows to the jaw which caused the Russian to reel momentarily.
Benny Ford, promoter of the bout, could not understand the sudden collapse of Shelaeff after the fight. He said that he saw Shelaeff walk out of the ring normally. He also said that he saw Shelaeff walk downstairs without asking for any assistance, Friends of the Russian fighter, however, said that Sheleef appeared groggy when he left the ring. They said in his dressing room Shelaeff winced and announced that his head for and others in the dressing room in efforts to revive Shelaeff. Their enced for the Russian and severely punished him during the infighting. The bout fought by Shelaeff last night was his 28th, while Salvadore registered his 180th fight.
The death of the young Russian fighter was all the more tragic because preparations had already been made by Seelig to hold a big birthday party for Shelaeff tomorrow when he was to have become 19 years of age. Several cables had already been received in San Francisco congratulating the Russian youth on turning nineteen. They were sent by friends in Shanghai and were held by Seelig for delivery to Shelaeff tomorrow.
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