 Yarosz lost the both the NBA and NYSAC middleweight title to Eddie Babe Risko who defeated him on September 19, 1935 in Pittsburgh in fifteen rounds before a crowd of 25,000.Risko knocked Yarosz to the mat twice for counts of nine in the sixth and seventh rounds, and several judges gave Yarosz only the first round.Yarosz made his best showing in the eighth but did not appear to win any other round on points.