Billy Conn vs. Lee Savold
Billy Conn 174 lbs beat Lee Savold 187 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 1940-11-29
- Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
- Referee: Arthur Donovan
- Announced on October 21 by Mike Jacobs.[1]
"Billy Conn added no stars to his fistic crown in beating up Lee Savold in the Garden Friday night. As was reasonably suspected, the punch that used to do no worse than wound middleweights is only a minor irritant to a heavyweight - even to a heavyweight no better able to defend himself than Savold. Conn punched Savold with everything he had for most of the 12 rounds. At times he even leaped off the floor to see if he could get a little extra behind his blows. But at the end Savold actually looked better than the lad who wants to fight Joe Louis next summer. Conn had a cut under one eye, whereas Savold bore no marks except an expression of bewilderment. Savold finally came out of his trance in the late rounds and hit Billy a few times, and Billy didn't appear to like it much. But Savold didn't know what to do next." -Associated Press
Post-fight comments
- "He is a pretty sharp puncher but he never dazed me. He might do as good against Louis as Bob Pastor did." -Lee Savold
- "I thought he did alright. He licked the guy, didn't he?" -Promoter Mike Jacobs
- "We'll be ready for Louis next June." -Johnny Ray, Conn's manager
- "You had him hurt two, three times and what did you do? Nothin'." -Pinkey George, Savold's manager, to Savold