A Forecast of the Ending Fred Apostoli of San Francisco, claimant of the world middleweight title, sends a left jab kerplunk to the nose of Freddie Steele of Tacoma, middleweight champion, in the first round of their scheduled twelve-round non-title bout at Madison Square Garden Jan. 7, which went to the former in the 9th round by a knock out. The referee stopped the bout, which thrilled a crowd of 10,000.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. January 1938]

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