Jake LaMotta beat "Sergeant" Lou Woods by SD over 10 rounds as they battle it out to a state of utter exhaustion.
"Woods used a left jab to hold the bull-like rushes of his Italian foe at bay....
During the eighth round the Sarge barely missed dropping Joltin' Jake. Woods took the offensive at the outset and opened Jake's left eye with right-hand smashes. Midway during ths round, the Detroiter jolted LaMotta with a succession of rights and the Easterner held on. However, just before the bell ended the round, a barrage delivered by Jake floored Woods for a two-count.
In the ninth Woods went down again for a nine-count. These two knockdowns apparently were the deciding factors in the officials' tabulations in awarding LaMotta the laurels."
(by Chicago reporter Gene Engel)
