Bettina won the title on February 3, 1939, when he scored a 9th round TKO over favorite Tiger Jack Fox at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Two months before the fight he was stabbed near the heart in a Harlem hotel in a dispute over a woman.
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He relocated in Terre Haute, Indiana to train under bantamweight champion Bud Taylor and became the "Indiana colored heavyweight champion."
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His first loss was by a split decision to light heavyweight champion Maxie Rosenbloom.
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Fox was defeated by Melio Bettina in his only crack at the light heavyweight championship, NYSAC version.
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