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Ezzard Charles 164 lbs beat Floyd Howard 170 lbs by KO in round 7 of 10
- Date: 1941-03-10
- Location: Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Bengal At Work
Cincinnati Enquirer, February 27, 1941
Billy Bengal, Detroit, who meets Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati slugger in a rematch next Monday is working out with Gus Lesnevich, national ranking middie, who goes against Nathan Mann at the Motor City tonite.
Bengal's manager, Mel Richards, informed promoter George Nichols yesterday that his charge is engaging in intensive drills and is determined on avenging a defeat suffered by Charles three weeks ago.
The Detroiter made "history" in the first match as he landed a one-count knockdown on Charles to become the only battler who made him hit the canvas. Bengal lost the decision by a fairly wide margin, but he won the approval of the fans with his aggressiveness and is figured to put up another good scrap.
Opponent For Charles Is Sought
Cincinnati Enquirer, February 28, 1941
The Ezzard Charles-Billy Bengal fight, scheduled for next Monday night, March 3, fell by the wayside yesterday when George Nichols announced cancellationof the match.
Benny Becker, who will stage the Leo Rodak-Herschel Joiner twelve-round match Monday, March 10, at the Music Hall Arena, got busy late yesterday and announced that he will feature Charles on his card in a special ten-round bout. Becker as yet has not closed for an opponent for the Cincinnati Flash.
Charles is in red hot form right now and is eager to go against the best, and Cincinnati ring fans believe that he can hold his own with many of the foremost middleweights.
Rodak Easy Victor In Joiner Battle
Cincinnati Enquirer, March 11, 1941
Rodak had to share the spotlight with Ezzard Charles, whose methodical and merciless attack, ended in a seven-round knockout win over Floyd Howard of Atlanta, Georgia.
Howard never had a chance to show anything but his ability to absorb punishment and we might add he showed an unbelievable amount of this before Charles hammered him to the floor in the seventh round.
Charles had Howard bouncing off the ropes like a rubber ball as early as the second round and finally floored the Atlanta battler with a flurry of lefts and rights just before the bell.
Charles spent the next four rounds apparently trying to find out what was holding up Howard, then in the seventh he cut loose again, flooring Howard for the count of four and again for the full count.
Charles scaled 164½ and Howard 169½. The victory was Charles's seventeenth straight since turning pro. It was his fifteenth knock out win.