Odds were 3 to i for sallow, hard-hitting Lightweight Champion Al Singer as he met Challenger Tony Canzoneri, once featherweight champion, in Manhattan last week. It was to be 15 rounds and the reporter broadcasting at the ringside made the obvious comment that both men were getting set for a long fight. Suddenly something happened. Singer reached for Canzoneri with a left jabreached a little too far. Canzoneri shot his own left over, jarring -the champion's jaw. The punch was not particularly hard, but it flustered Singer. He stepped back to get his bearings, then launched the flurry of...
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