Monday, Jun. 23, 1924
Flea
In Brooklyn, Pancho Villa, fighting Filipino and world's flyweight champion, knocked bamtamweight Bud Taylor, Terre Haute Terror, into a cocked hat in 12 rounds.
Bud was quick, strong and clever; Pancho was quicker, stronger and cleverer. The Terror would rush in and shoot his fists out with a snappy jerk, but those fists seldom hit anything except thin air. The sullen brown boy was .like a flea on hot bricks. He fought with his body close to the floor, thus reducing his five ft. one inch to something under three ft. As the big Bud approached, Pancho would spring into the air, punching, pounding and pulverizing that unfortunate Terror from Terre Haute.
In the first round the flyweight drew blood from the lip of the blond. Each succeeding round Pancho opened up the cut with a clump or a clout and the blood spurted down the Buddy jaw. Each time Bud came back for more punishment, the human flea bit him. But he remained thoroughly game to the end.