Fight:101955

Lew Tendler 138 lbs lost to Jack Zivic 144 lbs by TKO in round 5 of 10

• Date: 1925-01-19
• Location: Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Leo Houck

Jack Zivic of Pittsburgh scored a knockout over Lew Tendler of Philadelphia in the fifth round of a scheduled ten-round fight here tonight. Tendler’s seconds threw a towel into the ring when he went down a second time under an attack of lefts and rights to the jaw. Zivic weighed 144 pounds and Tendler 138 ½ pounds. Throughout the fight Zivic punched away with both hands and refused Tendler a chance to get in effective blows. Unable to solve Zivic’s attack and having his own punches tied up or brushed aside before they were well started, Tendler stopped many stiff hooks on th jaw before he finally went down in the fifth. Zivic rushed from his corner in that round and, after hooking a left to the body, sent his left to the jaw. Tendler’s legs sagged, but he kept on his feet. Zivic continued a shower of punches to the jaw and Tendler finally sank to the canvas. He rose to his feet at the count of nine, but went down almost immediately when Zivic again sent another volley of punches to the jaw. Two towels were hurled iinto the ring from Tendler’s corner. (Source: New York Times)