will see of Mr. Davis around here. He is through." For this behavior, the New York Boxing Commission fined him $2,500 and disqualified him from boxing in New York State for life, although he was later re-instated. Several months after the first match, Davis joined the army in early 1941, on the advise of his manager. With the gate receipts going to the U.S. Army Relief fund, Zivic and Davis fought a more restrained rematch on July 7, 1941, which Zivic won by a 10th-round TKO. The exceptional Jewish trainer Ray Arcel attempted to train Davis for the rematch, but Davis had been away from boxing nearly six months while in the army. Zivic tortured Davis for nine of the ten rounds requiring him to be hospitalized, though the boxing appeared clean. Win over former champ Bob Montgomery, 1944 Davis' last victory over a name fighter came on February 18, 1944, before an audience of 17,654, at the expense of former and future NYSAC lightweight champion and future boxing hall-of-famer Bob Montgomery, who he knocked out in the first round. Though a 4-1 underdog, Davis came out swinging and in the first fifteen seconds put Montgomery down with a left to the jaw for a count of four. After he arose, Davis caught him along the ropes, delivering another left to the jaw, and when he went down the referee counted him out. The ending, 1:03 into the first round, was the fastest knockout at Madison Square Garden since it had opened in 1925. The fight was Davis' first in the Garden since he had been barred from boxing in New York, after his fight against Fritzie Zivic. Montgomery would go on to take the world lightweight crown from Beau Jack only two weeks later. He lost a ten round decision to former lightweight champion Beau Jack on March 17 of that same year, before 19,963 fans at Madison Square Garden. In a decisive victory for Beau Jack, Davis lost on points in all ten rounds according to one judge, and was awarded only one round by the referee. The Associated Press gave eight rounds to Jack, with two even. Some boxing historians would credit Davis's loss to his inability to adopt a better defense against a boxer with the extraordinary attack of Jack. Instead of taking his time, and focusing on defense, Davis chose too often to slug it