Matched with Hostak for the third time in a year and a half, the second with the NBA middleweight world crown at stake, the "Man of Steel" Zale swept the series, knocking out the "Savage Slav" from Seattle in the 2nd of a slated 15-round fight.  On the undercard another Chicago area boxer, the light heavyweight Booker Beckwith defeated the former world champion Solly Krieger, who would retire after his next loss at home in Brooklyn in July.  Rebounding from several straight losses, Allen outlasted the Detroit journeyman Gibbons for 6 to claim the win in front of his hometown crowd, and Chicago native "Big Young" Petersen took the victory after 4 with Reiss, out of the Motor City.