Karl Mildenberger ~ 'I Had The Formula To Beat Cassius Clay'

[Bill Paxtom]

~ Round 10 ~

Without a doubt, the 'Round of the Year' in the Heavyweight Division.

The Challenger dominated nearly the entire Round, as Karl Mildenberger was
chasing Cassius Clay out of the Waldstadion Stadium.

Mildenberger was pressuring the Champion while hitting him with everything he threw.

The Challenger was wildy-aggressive and had the Waldstadion fans in a frenzy by
the 2:10 Mark.

But Mildenberger was coming straight in and wide-open, and walked into a 'lucky'
right-left to the chin at the {2:20 Mark} as he had backed the Champion up near
the left-side Ropes.

Mildenberger fell face-first into the front-left Corner, but despite being 'shaken', he
went right back after the Champion with right-hands.

The Champion fired back, but was missing with everything, despite the Challenger
walking straight in. The Champion looked arm-weary as he fired away.

Then Mildenberger moved the Champion to Center-Ring with pawing right-hands,
but he was leaving himself wide-open for a counter straight right-hand.

Then it happened, at the {2:51 Mark}, the Champion 'closed-his-eyes' and threw a
straight right-hand down 'Broadway' as the Challenger was walking in.

The punch landed on the 'point' of Mildenberger's chin.

Karl went down on his back, and did a reverse-roll and ended up near the front-left
Ropes.

He struggled up at the '5-Count' and was ready to go after the Referee - Teddy Waltham
completed the 'Mandatory 8-Count' as the 'Bell' sounded ending Round 10.