Young Firpo vs. George Manley (3rd meeting)
Young Firpo 175 lbs beat George Manley 172 lbs by TKO in round 1 of 10
- Date: 1933-04-18
- Location: Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Referee: Tom Louttit
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, APRIL 19, 1933
MANLEY LOSES BOUT ON TECHNICAL KAYO
Firpo Drops Denver Fighter in First Round.
LOUTTIT STOPS FIGHT
By L. H. GREGORY
Wild Bull of Burke Regains Disputed Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Title.
A thunderbolt, an Idaho mountain avalanche, a kick from the left foot of an army mule and the left glove of Young Firpo, nee Guido Bardelli, the bull from Burke, swinging in a long left hook, all landed simultaneously on the chin of George Manley of Denver in the first round of their return fight at the auditorium last night.
Young Firpo, by a knockout, in one round!
The lights went out for Denver, that's all, even though Manley tottered back on his feet at seven, only to be floored ferociously by Firpo again.
This second punch knocked Manley into the back corner, absolutely helpless, though once again he managed to get to his feet.
He was weaving and half paralyzed. He was out on his feet so completely that his eyes were crossed. He stared from glassy eyeballs.
The referee again waved Firpo away. He looked at the helpless Manley, and at once walked over to Firpo and raised his hand.
“I stopped it when I did," said Louttit, "to prevent a fatality. Another punch probably would have killed Manley, he was so far gone."
It all happened so quickly that another packed house of excited customers was stunned. Not until several seconds did realization of Firpo's startling victory break through. Then they burst into wild cheers for their favorite.
Just two minutes --- that's all it took Firpo to win back the light heavyweight championship of the Pacific Coast that Manley had held for exactly two weeks.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PORTLAND NEWS TELEGRAM, APRIL 19, 1933
THE SECOND GUESS By Billy Stepp
NOW WHO IS THE REAL CHAMPION
NOW who's coast light heavyweight champion?
That left hook to the chin proved beyond all doubt that Young Firpo is everything the papers said about him.
When Firpo laid Manley away in slumberland in two minutes and seven seconds Tuesday night,he did something that few have done and will never will do . . . George Manley is a mighty good fighter, and if he would have walked the chalk line a few years ago, nothing could have stopped him from being a champion.
You could hear ugly rumors on the way to the exits the other night that Manley was drunk and had been drinking . . . that's silly. Dr. Scott gave the boys a double-O in the afternoon and a few minutes before the fighters came into the ring. The doc himself examined both fighters and their metal cups placing a special guard with each boxer until they shook hands and started swinging.
Manley wanted to beat Firpo . . . it wasn't a newspaper grudge battle . . . it was on the level . . . the hard feelings were in the raw.
The Denver boxer made the mistake of trying to slug with Firpo. Had he been contented to box and box, I for one doubt if Firpo would have copped him . . . sure it was a lucky punch . . . we agree on that, but it was a perfect punch and one that would have knocked out the best in the game . . . don't let em tell you that miner from the wind swept plains of Burke, Idaho, can't hit . . . he can, and how!