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Philly Boxing History |
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MAY 02, 1949 |
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GIOSA TOO SMART FOR LEW JENKINS
Lew Jenkins couldn't get started until it was too late last night so he lost the wind-up at the Arena to an Eddie Giosa who fought a heady and beautiful fight under the guidance of Dan Florio, Joe Walcott's former trainer. Lew started strong in the first round but then decided to wait for a sneak punch and while he waited Giosa kept closing in with left hooks that swept him off balance and never permitted him to get set for the lethal punch he packs in both gloves.In the ninth and tenth, with time growing short, Jenkins tried to open Eddie's guard and throw the Giosa defense off, but it was too late and when that wicked right that has chilled so many did come across in these two heats, and landed squarely too, the pace had robbed it of its earlier power, and Eddie shook, but never fell. Giosa simply outmaneuvered his man, dictated the fight, bossed it, and the boss always looks good. By taking the play, and holding it for so long, he won. But there never was a moment Jenkins wasn't dangerous and never did he appear in better shape. Judge Laskey voted 5 for Giosa, 4 for Jenkins, and 1 even. Judge Costella voted 7 for Giosa, 3 for Jenkins. Referee Daggert's slip read 4 for Giosa, 5 for Jenkins, and 1 even. In the other fights Jimmy Collins and Lou Joyce fought a draw; Frank Sodano won from Bill Bossio; Joe Giardello beat Emerson Charles, and Willie Davis decisioned Charlie Dodson. |
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1927 - Benny Bass W10 Chick Suggs at Philadelphia |
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| 1940 - Joe Amico W6 Ellis Phillips at the Olympia A.C. in Philadelphia | ||||
| 1949 - Joey Giardello W4 Emerson Charles at the Philadelphia Arena | ||||
| 1982 - Greg Page W12 Jimmy Young at the Playboy Hotel Casino in Atlantic City | ||||
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