On June 28, 1939, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title against Tony "Two-Ton" Galento in Yankee Stadium. Galento wasn't a particularly talented fighter, but he could take a punch and he was a big hitter. In the second round, Louis knocked Galento down and seemed to be controlling the fight. But in the third round, Galento knocked the champ down.
Louis immediately jumped back to his feet and went after his opponent. When Louis went to his corner, his trainer chastised him, "You know you're supposed to take the full count when you go down. Why didn't you stay down for nine?"
"What?" answered Louis, "and give him a chance to rest?" Louis pummeled Galento so badly in the fourth round that the referee stopped the fight. (John Maxwell in Today Matters)
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