Fight:181147

Freddie Steele 149 lbs beat Billy Townsend 142 lbs by PTS in round 6 of 6

• Date: 1932-08-26
• Location: Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Referee: Adolph Schacht

Steele fought "a cool, heady battle for five rounds, and then opening up in the sixth,... won the decision... and thereby bounced himself into the championship contender class of the welterweight division. Only in the second round did the Vancouver boy slow Steele up. Off balance in a not quite successful effort to dodge a vicious right, Steele went down for a no-count from a wallop in back of the ear, but came right back to explode a torrid left hook on Billy's chin. The Tacoma youngster fought a smart fight throughout. He parked lefts on Billy's face time and again, and never gave the Canadian a chance to counter-punch. Usually dangerous in close, Townsend was kept tied up most of the time. Steele showed a willingness to gamble in the last session, and the two boys boomed away toe-to-toe. Left hooks to the head staggered Billy and a right to the jaw drove him against the ropes. Townsend swung but couldn't land effectively and Freddie continued to throw vicious rights and lefts to take the round by a good margin." Everett Daily Herald.