stadium three years earlier. Only 1782 fans paid to see the bout whose attendance suffered from a one-day postponement, though it was an exciting and skillfully fought display. Kogon dominated in his boxing skills, speed, endurance and punching ability, but the courage of Stato made the fight. World light champ Bob Montgomery, 1947 On June 2, 1947, in New Haven, Kogon met the accomplished Bob Montgomery, reigning New York Boxing Commission's world lightweight champion, and fought a close, skillful, well paced match. In another slight to Kogon's boxing legacy, the bout was not a title match. In perhaps his most significant late career bouts, Kogon appeared to lead through the first eight rounds, but his championship opponent pulled ahead with a furious body attack in the last two rounds to win on points. At least five of the rounds were judged as close with Kogon taking the lead in three. Once again, Kogon performed well against the best in his weight class but failed to close at the end. He had met Montgomery twice in 1941, in Chicago and Brooklyn, losing both times on points. In their October 25, 1941 bout in Chicago before a substantial audience of 4,500, Montgomery "pressed a punishing body attack throughout the bout", for a decisive ten-round decision. Kogon fought with quality defensive skill winning three rounds in the contest. Win over light champ of Italy, Aldo Minelli, 1947 On August 4, 1947, Kogon defeated Italian boxer Aldo Minelli, a claimant to Italy's lightweight championship in a ten-round points decision in West Haven, Connecticut. An angry group of the 4,500 fans present at the bout kicked and scratched Lou Bogash, the referee as he walked from the ring after the fight. On September 8, 1947, Kogon drew with Minelli at New Haven in 10 rounds. Two weeks later on September 22, Minelli defeated Kogan in a twelve-round points decision before a smaller crowd of 3,000 in a fight that was described as "dull". Loss to light champ Jimmy Carter, 1948 On July 26, 1948, Kogon met future three time world lightweight champion Jimmy Carter as the main feature at Century Stadium in Springfield, Massachusetts, and lost by technical knockout in the seventh of ten rounds. It was impressively Kogon's only loss by knockout in 133 professional fights. Kogon was down briefly in the fourth, and for a count of nine in the fifth. He announced