Primo Carnera vs Jack Sharkey (3°;4°; 5°;6°round)

THIRD ROUNDCarnera landed two light lefts tothe face and Sharkey returned aleft to the body. Sharkey tried aright to the body but was short.Sharkey sent a right smash to thejaw but Carnera fought back sav-agely. Carnera was cautioned byreferee for failure to step back aftera clinch. Sharkey reached the bodywith two lefts. Sharkey sent a lefthook to the face. Sharkey sent aneat left hook to the body andevaded Carnera's counter-lunge.The Italian stopped a short rightto the head and Sharkey returneda right to the mid-section.FOURTH ROUNDCarnera jabbed a light left to thehead and clinched. Sharkey madehis way to close quarters and land-ed a left and right to the body. Atlong range the challenger sent ahard straight left to the head.Sharkey rushed Carnera but failedto land, taking a right to the headin his advance. Sharkey missed anoverhead right for the head andCarnera returned a left and rightto the body. Carnera missed Shar-key's jaw with a right and Sharkeyhooked a left to the body. Thechampion grazed Carnera's jawwith a right but the latter cameback with a hard right that forcedSharkey to hold. Sharkey sent aleft uppercut to the body.FIFTH ROUNDSharkey was high with a rightto the head. Carnera sought toadvance but failed. Sharkey hookeda left to the body and a right tothe jaw. Sharkey sent a left tothe body. Carnera bounced a hardleft off Sharkey's jaw, then head.They traded long lefts to the headbefore Carnera rushed Sharkey tothe ropes. The titleholder held.Sharkey hooked a scorching rightto the jaw and shook Carnera. Car-nera was short with a left to thehead and took a left to the jaw inreturn. Sharkey grazed Carnerawith another right just as the bellrang.SIXTH ROUNDThey exchanged long lefts to thehead, then clinched. Carnera senta left to the top of the head andfollowed with a left to the body.Sharkey missed a left and right tothe jaw and Carnera held. At closequarters Carnera pounded Shar-key's body and the champion re-treated. While retreating Sharkeyslipped to the floor but arose im-mediately. Carnera rocked Sharkeywith a left and right to the head.At close range Carnera whippedtwo long rights to the body. AfterSharkey missed a right to the jawCarnera crossed a hard right to thejaw. Sharkey landed a right to thejaw, but Carnera came back witha right uppercut to the chin andfloored Sharkey for the full count.The round went 2 minutes 27 sec-onds.