advantage to his benefit. It may also be important to note that Lachance was a southpaw, having the ringname "Lefty", which made him more dangerous to a less experienced boxer. Successful defense of NBA World Featherweight Title He defended his title in an NBA World Featherweight Title rematch with Callura on December 27, 1943, before a crowd of around 5,000, scoring a technical knockout in the sixth round at the Colliseum Arena in New Orleans. Callura was on the mat three times in the sixth from rights to the head. On his third fall to the mat from a right to the jaw, the referee stopped the bout after two seconds. Callura threatened only in the fourth round. It was Terranova and Callura's third meeting. Loss of the NBA World Featherweight Championship to Sal Bartolo He lost the Featherweight Championship when he was outpointed by Boston native Sal Bartolo before a home crowd of 12,000 on March 10, 1944 in a fifteen round unanimous decision at Boston Garden. Bartolo won with lightning fast left jabs, two handed hooks, and fancy footwork growing even more aggressive in later rounds, though Terranova may have previously been considered the heavier hitter. Bartolo, in some scoring won all fifteen rounds. Though Terranova continued to be dangerous throughout the bout, Bartolo was likely leading in points from the early rounds. The reigning champion had close to five additional years of professional experience to Terranova's two, and perhaps as a result was an 8-5 leader in the pre-fight betting odds. Loss of NBA World Featherweight Championship rematch with Bartolo In a World Featherweight Championship rematch on May 5, 1944, before 7,673 fans, Terranova lost again to reigning champion Bartola at Boston Garden in a closer fifteen round split decision. Terranova staggered Bartolo in the eleventh, and landed a number of blows, trying with desperation for a knockout. The effort may have exhausted Terranova as Bartola finished stronger in rounds twelve through fifteen. The United Press gave nine rounds to Bartolo, and only four to Terranova with two even. Though Bartolo scored a series of strong jabs in the first round looking to end the bout quickly, the going was not as easy for him the remainder of the bout, particularly in the second. Important matches after loss of NBA Title Loss to Harry Jeffra On November 20, 1944, former NYSAC World Featherweight Champion Harry Jeffra scratched