Johnny Paladin

On the evening of May 14, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, 17-year-old Johnny Paladin won a benefit bout for the family of a fellow amateur boxer who had died recently from injuries received in the ring.

Paladin, weighing 135 pounds, fought Jack Richards at Battery A Armory to a three-round draw. The judges permitted a fourth round and awarded the bout to Paladin on points. The show was put on for the family of Bill Kardinski, Belleville, Ill., amateur, who died of brain concussion following a bout April 21. Paladin's death leaves his mother and five younger children destitite, as the father is an invalid.

Source: May 16 New York Times