New York, Jung 19.
Turning the tables with drama ite suddenness in the 13th round, when he was looking worse for the wear and facing the first defeat since 1096, Joe Loulg snatched the World Heavyweight Championship from the brink of disaster by Knocking out Billy Conn of Pittsburgh. former. World Light-heavyweight Champion.
Conn boxed beautifully' throughout and had only to keep from trouble for the remainder of the fight. Instead he made the elementary mistake of "mixing it" with such a devastating plneber as Louis. and pold the penalty.
Disvogarding shouted advice. from ring-siders. "Conn forsook previous ssyecessful boxing tactics and went into close quarters just when Louis Was slinging punches in sheer des eration, and almost. from nowhere come a paralysing right travelling only' a few inches to his jaw.
Louis followed up by Unleashing force barrage of lefts and rights and Conn, who just previously was trend-{ing a triumphant path. now looked sorry sight with a stupid look on his Fed face and blood siveaming from his right eye. He, sagged to the canvas and was counted out.
Conceding nearly {wo stone the Weight, Conn cleverly outboxed Louis after the first two rounds, dancing about lightly he presented a dim cult larger for the slow-moving Louis. Doing content to land occasionally with a" tolling blow or suddenly Jeshing out with a furious two-tsted attack. "His superiority was clearly marked by the 12th round and the entire crowd, an audience of about 50.000, went deliviow 'Then came the dramatic turn which dashed Conn's hopes. it was Con's own fault rather than Louis' prowess which Kept the heavyweight title in the Brown Bomber's hands—Retiter.
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