usted , ▁back ped aled ▁and ▁held ▁to ▁finish ▁the ▁bout . ▁ ▁The ▁fight ▁was ▁largely ▁one ▁s ided ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁three ▁r ounds , ▁but ▁the ▁jud ges ' ▁scoring ▁showed ▁the ▁effort ▁made ▁by ▁Cast ell ani ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁the ▁bout ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁ten ▁r ounds . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Cast ell ani ▁lost ▁to ▁tal ented ▁middle weight ▁Gene ▁Full mer ▁in ▁a ▁tele vised ▁bout ▁at ▁the ▁Arena ▁in ▁Cleveland , ▁losing ▁in ▁a ▁very ▁close , ▁ten ▁round ▁Split ▁Dec ision . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 1 , 4 8 7 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁jud ges ▁and ▁rep or ters ▁disag re ed ▁on ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁the ▁fight . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁jud ges ▁gave ▁the ▁bout ▁to ▁Full mer ▁by ▁a ▁margin ▁of ▁only ▁three ▁points ▁or ▁less , ▁with ▁one ▁judge ▁diss ent ing . ▁ ▁The ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁the ▁official ▁r uling , ▁giving ▁the ▁fight ▁to ▁Cast ell ani ▁by ▁a ▁close ▁margin ▁of ▁ 9 7 - 9 3 . ▁The ▁United ▁Press ▁gave ▁the ▁close ▁bout ▁to ▁Full mer , ▁however , ▁by ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 9 8 - 9 1 . ▁ ▁Full mer ▁may ▁have ▁won ▁the ▁bout ▁by ▁taking ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁box ing , ▁while ▁Cast ell ani ▁continu ously ▁counter ed ▁and ▁def ended ▁many ▁of ▁Full mer ' s ▁blow s