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...Freddie Steele, orangutan-fisted boxer of Tacoma, Wash.; the world's middle-weight championship; by out-pointing Syracuse's Charles ("Babe") Risko in 15 furious rounds; in Seattle...
...second U. S. fight three months ago McAvoy distinguished himself by knocking out Middleweight Champion Babe Risko in the first round. Eager to duplicate that achievement, he pounced out of his corner last week when the bell rang for the first round, planted two solid lefts on Lewis' face. Stung but not stunned, Lewis retaliated with a hard right. In the rounds that followed, McAvoy continued to charge his bigger, heavier adversary. Lewis settled down to the strategy of a skillful animal trainer subduing the ferocity of an angry lion cub by poking it in the face with...
...Henry Pylkowski ("Babe Risko"), 22-year-old ex-sailor of Syracuse. N. Y.; his 25th professional fight, against Teddy Yarosz of Monaca, Pa., for the middle-weight championship of the world; winning twelve of 15 rounds; in Pittsburgh...
...Manhattan, Middleweights Vince Dundee and Babe Risko fought ten uneventful rounds. When the officials awarded the decision to Risko, the crowd booed. Boxing commissioners promptly ordered the decision reversed, had Dundee declared winner...
...consciousness, died the next day. Baer was suspended for a year. When he returned to the ring, he had a new manager, Ancil Hoffman, and the reputation of being the hardest hitter since Jack Dempsey. After a year in which he lost fights to Ernie Schaaf, Tommy Loughran, Johnny Risko and Paulino Uzcudun he began to justify that reputation. In a return fight with Ernie Schaaf, he gave his opponent a terrific drubbing, knocked him unconscious for three hours. A year ago Baer won his right to fight Carnera by thrashing Max Schmeling...