Conley, who fought as Jack Suzek, was a well-known wrestler.

Blassie was a professional wrestler.

"A bloodless 25 second knockout victory" for Galento. (United Press)

Galento quit when he claimed a broken left hand.

Galento was unable to answer the bell for the 8th round.

"..One of the most disgraceful fights staged since the days of the barroom brawls. Referee George Blake..would have retained his reputation as a great referee had he disqualified Galento." (The Ring, December 1939, page 16) Galento was permitted to thumb Nova's right eye until it reached a terrible condition. Finally Lou went down in the 14th round after being fouled for the last time.

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Louis was staggered in round one and Galento was dropped in the second round. Louis was knocked down in third round.

Galento "followed his usual tactics of swinging both ponderous fists and Feldman could fight back only feebly." He was down twice in the 2nd round and "suffered a bad beating but protested volubly" when the bout was stopped." (New York Times)

Brown was down ten times. Joe Louis was at ringside.

"Thomas gave Galento a good fight right up to the end. And on the strength of winning one round through a low blow by Galento had a slight edge on the New Jersey bartender going into the ninth round. The knockout came one round after Referee Walter Heisner had stopped the bout momentarily and threatened to give it to Thomas because of Galento's low blows." (Chicago Tribune). Also reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Laurence Fielding).

The next day, upon the recommendation of member Jules E. Aronson, Thomas was banned for life from Pennsylvania rings by the state commission.

Galento gave Ettore a "terrific beating". He knocked him down twice in the 8th and on each occasion knocked him "clean out of the ring". (New York Times)

Galento won decisively to end his series with Petrin.

Mitchell was knocked down four times.

Singer did very well in the first four rounds. In the fifth he was floored by a left hook. In the sixth round the fighters started to foul each other and Singer was bound to get the worst of that from Galento. Izzy was half-wrestled to the floor in the sixth and took a nine-count. Galento bided his time in the seventh, but opened up in the eighth and put Singer down three times. Singer's handlers jumped in the ring on the third knockdown before the referee could complete the count.

Referee Jim Manley gave Galento seven rounds and called the other three even. Sportswriter Willie Ratner of the Newark Evening News scored it 8 rounds for Singer and two for Galento. The fans agreed with Ratner. Singer outboxed Galento, cleverly avoiding Tony's left hook. He had Tony swinging so wildly and desperately as to fall down.

Fiducia was down in the first round from a left hook. He couldn't hold off his bigger and more powerful opponent and three more left hooks in round two finished him.

Fight stopped because of a badly cut eye suffered by Galento. Gainer battered him throughout the fight.

Referee Jim Manly scored it 3-3-2, including one round taken from Delaney for holding and heeling. (Newark Evening News, Herb Goldman)

Galento had an "easy" win over Blunt. (New York Times)Blunt was down for an 8-count in the tenth round. Galento won 7 rounds, Blunt three. (Newark Daily News, Herb Goldman.

"Tony Galento, chunky Orange slugger, knocked out Boros..with a powerful left hook to the chin.." Boros's style puzzled Galento, who had to take a lot of punches before he pulled it out at the end. (Newark Evening News, Herb Goldman).

According to the Newark Evening News (Herb Goldman), Galento won without question but got a tough battle. Mickens was floored for a 5-count in round two and for a 9-count in the sixth, both times by right hands. However, Gene's defense against the left was very effective.

Karolak was felled by a left hook as the bell sounded to end the third round. Eddie came out for round four, but the fight had to be stopped.

Galento fractured a bone in his right hand in this fight.

Galento lost the seventh round because of "rough tactics." Titusville Herald

Gallagher was floored twice but cut Galento's red eye and the referee stopped the fight. From Washington newspapers (Laurence Fielding).

From Washington newspapers (Laurence Fielding).

Bozo went down twice without being hit and the fight was "restarted." The second time he went down after being hit and was paid his purse of $75.

Petrin down in first

This was possibly the quickest knockout in Pittsburgh history. Panka was on his feet for a mere 4 seconds before being floored. He was counted out at 14 seconds.

The second of three fights for Galento on this date. This was a "Beeftrust" heavyweight tournament. None of Galento's opponents had any significant experience.

The first of Galento's three "Beeftrust" tournament fights on this date.

This was the third of Galento's three "Beeftrust" tournament fights on this date, Thurman had scored a knockout and a decision win on the same card.

Dillon substituted for Herman Weiner

Wine was floored six times in the first round.

From the Newark Evening News (Herb Goldman).

Bout stopped after Matthews was floored five times. (New York Times)

From the Hartford Courant (Jack Kincaid). This bout has not been included in Galento's published records.

Galento was not floored but took a bad licking, and the fight was finally stopped because of a badly cut right eye.

Brown had to be hospitalized two days after this fight and died of pneumonia on October 29, 1929.

From the Waterbury Republican (Herb Goldman).

Paterson Morning Call - referee decison