York State, became the holder of the world light-heavyweight - championship ju the eyes' of the New York State "Athletic Commission when he won by technical knock-out over "Tiger" Jack Fox of Spokane, Washington, in the ninth round of their scheduled 13-round. bout, last night. A capacity crowd of 10,000 people at Madison Square Garden saw Bettina floor Fox with a left hook to jaw in the eighth round, the negro going down for a nine-count, with the bell saving him from almost certain knock-out. Helpless before Bettina's savage attack in the following round, For: took heavy punishment, although hho pluckily remained on his feet, before the referee stopped the fight, one minute and 22 seconds after the gong for the ninth-—United Press.
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