World Lightweight Title Sammy Angott

1 world lightweight title

1.1 first taking nba world lightweight title, may 1940
1.2 taking nysac world lightweight title december 1941

1.2.1 single defense of lightweight title against allie stolz, may 1942


1.3 vacating world lightweight title due broken hand, 1942
1.4 defeating willie pep, march 1943

world lightweight title
first taking nba world lightweight title, may 1940

on may 3, 1940, lanky fighter gained recognition national boxing association (nba) world lightweight champion when outpointed davey day on 15 rounds in louisville, kentucky. on eve of kentucky derby before crowd of 8,000, acting referee jack dempsey made decision giving 6 rounds angott, 5 day, , 4 even. associated press gave angott 9 rounds, 6 day.

angott first faced great sugar ray robinson on july 21, 1941 @ shibe park in philadelphia, losing in ten-round decision. lost twice more robinson on july 31, 1942 in ten-round decision @ madison square garden , on march 4, 1946 in ten-round decision in pittsburgh.

taking nysac world lightweight title december 1941

on december 19, 1941 angott took new york state athletic commission (nysac0 world lightweight title lew jenkins before crowd of 11,343 @ new york s madison square garden. angott became undisputed champion held both nysac , nba world lightweight championship. dominated fighting outpointing jenkins on fifteen rounds.

single defense of lightweight title against allie stolz, may 1942

angott defended title once, close 15-round points win on allie stolz on may 15, 1942 @ new york s madison square garden. stoltz penalized low blows in twelfth , fifteenth rounds, , substantial crowd of 16,099 displeased final decision angott. stoltz put angott mat in third round 2 fast blows chin, angott , ready count of nine. united press gave angott 8 rounds, stoltz five, , 2 even, though referee gave 9 rounds stolz in close bout. 2 judges each gave angott 8 rounds.

on september 28, 1942 angott defeated aldo spoldi, former european lightweight champion, in slow non-title ten round bout @ city park stadium before crowd of around 5,000 in new orleans, , according 1 source took of rounds. referee threatened stop bout in sixth , seventh lack of solid blows thrown. angott had formerly beaten spoldi on april 14, 1939 @ hippodrome in new york before around 2,600 fans in ten-round points decision. spoldi credited fifth, sixth , seventh rounds, while angott given rest.

vacating world lightweight title due broken hand, 1942

weary of ring , complaining of broken hand had failed heal after surgery, vacated world lightweight title officially on november 13, 1942. dug ditches , worked athletic instructor @ washington , jefferson college 5 months away ring.

defeating willie pep, march 1943

returning professional boxing after 5 months on march 19, 1943, angott defeated willie pep in non-title bout @ new york s madison square garden ten-round unanimous decision. dominant in first 5 rounds , held on win decision. on november 20, 1942, pep had taken nysac world featherweight title. angott s win after being away ring of surprise 16,834 fans present @ match. united press gave 6 rounds angott, 3 pep, , 1 even, though official voting bit closer. there no serious knockdowns, though each boxer had @ least 1 slip canvas. angott showed greater speed , connected more blows, though fight in respects close, , pep favored in pre-fight betting.

on june 11, 1943, angott lost great henry armstrong @ madison square garden in close ten round unanimous decision. referee voted 6 rounds armstrong , 4 angott, , judges ruled close margin. angott nailed hard punch body in eighth round doubled him up, , started downhill slide, gave eighth, ninth, , tenth opponent. savage bout had armstrong bleeding mouth , angott cut on left eye , blackened on left eye.