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Show SPORTS THOMPSON LOSES POPOLAROECISIOi RACINE, Wis, Apnil 28 Hugo Kelly Kel-ly of Chicago, claimant of the middleweight" middle-weight" championship, "uppercuttod" Johnny Thompson of Sycamore, 111., through ten rounds of their fight here tonight and gained a popular decision. Superb boxing skill allowed Kelly to land two blows to Thompson's ono, although the Sycamore fighter forced the milling No decisions are allowed In boxing contests In. this stato, but the popular verdict wa8 thnt Kelly had decidedly tho better of the contest. The Chicago Chi-cago man's most effective blow was right hand uppercuts, which he landed repeatedly without a return from Thompson In the clinches he rocked Thompson's Thomp-son's head with short uppercuts, and In tho open fighting he punished his opponent severely Thompson fought a sluggish, rushing rush-ing battle and was always willing to tnko Kelly's hardest blows to land one on his opponent's body. Fight by Rounds, Round 1 Tho men sparred and Kelly Kel-ly landed a left swing. They clinched and both fought for the body until tho break Thompson covered near his opponent and directed blows to the body. Kelly repoatedly landed light rights and lefts to the face without return Round 2 They sparred cautiously again and Kelly sent In a right upper-out. upper-out. Thompson landed loft and right to the Jaw and they clinched Thompson Thomp-son again landed two rights to the jaw and then Hugo pent in another right cupercut They locked heads and fought at close quarters as tho bell rang Round 3 Thompson met Kelly in his own corner and forced tho fighting fight-ing He landed a right to Kelly's jaw and followed It with a right to the head. Kelly ripped In several savage uppercuts and then landed a good right swing. Thompson drew first blood with a straight right to Kelly's nose. Round 4 Thompson pecked Kelly's bloody nose with lefts and Kelly sent two hard rights to the wind Thompson Thomp-son was aggressive and landed hard rights and lefts to the body. Kelly landed a vicious uppercut and planted a hard left as the bell rang Round 5 Thompson rushed Kelly to the ropes and played for the body Kelly drove a right uppercut and followed fol-lowed It with a hard loft to the jaw. Thompson ripped in a short left punch to the Jaw, but Kelly camo back with a hard right uppercut which rocked Thompson. Round G Thompson landed a hard right to the jaw and Hugo covered. Uxigo sent in a hard right uppercut which rocked Thompson He repeated repeat-ed it and then 3ent a hard left to the Jaw. Thompson landed a hard right to the wind and many to the body Round 7 Thompson rushed Kelly to the ropes and landed left and right to the head Kelly again sent in a right uppercut and Thompson bled profusely from the noso. Thompson fought back viciously and rocked Kelly Kel-ly with a hard right and left to the head Thompson was in sonio distress dis-tress Round S Thompson landed two lefts to the jaw and got two hard right uppercuts In return. Both were bleeding and fighting hard at close range Thompson continued to rush and rocked Kelly with a left to the jaw. Kelly was the aggressor during the latter part of tho round Round 9 Kelly again landed hard right uppercut and Thompson returned return-ed one of the same kind which drew blood. Kelly drove in a shower of uppercuts to the face and Thompson came back with an equal number of the same kind. Both men hied freoly. Round 10 They fought savagely at cIobc range ana Doth exchanged uppercuts up-percuts freely. Thompson forced Kelly Kel-ly all over tho ring with a rain of blows to tho body. Hugo protected himself, however, and drew moro blood from Thompson's nose. |