Archibald landed few telling blows, and mostly backpedaled throughout the bout. The referee gave Lemos ten rounds, though the "Los Angeles Times" gave him six, as they claimed Archibald led in the first three by a shade. In the first four rounds, Archibald staged a duck and weave defense that prevented Lemos from boring in. Lemos, though winning the bout took home only $1,163, a relatively paltry sum today for a world champion in a winning bout, even in 1941 dollars. Four months after the Scalzo win, Lemos's wife Julia gave birth to their first daughter, Ann Marie on November 11, 1941. On November 18, 1941 Lemos lost the NBA world featherweight title by a ten round unanimous decision to Jackie Wilson at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. In an exciting bout, the "L.A. Times", gave Wilson nine of the twelve rounds before a full house of 9000 fans. In the sixth, Lemos brought only a temporary halt to Wilson's dominance with a well placed body attack. There were no knockdowns in the bout, with Wilson playing a solid defense, though Lemos staged a rousing but belated comeback in the tenth using solid rights that rocked his opponent on his heels. The fight was Lemos's first and only defense of the featherweight title. Wilson vowed to win the rematch to take place in thirty days. In their twelve round NBA featherweight title rematch on December 17, 1941, Lemos still trailed on points going into the final rounds, and tried gallantly to stage a comeback, but Wilson kept Lemos at bay with a flicking left that proved an adequate defense against the former champion. Even when Lemos went to southpaw stance in the sixth, Wilson answered with blows that stopped his opponent's assault. Lemos took only three rounds, Wilson seven, with two even. Both boxers weighed in at 126. On February 3, 1942, Lemos had his third straight loss against Chalky Wright, reigning NYSAC world featherweight champion, at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, when his cut left eye led to a technical knockout in the sixth round. Wright had taken the NYSAC world featherweight championship in 1941 against Joey Archibald. Lemos appeared to take only the second and third rounds. His cut was caused by a jolting right from Wright in the fifth round which was likely the hardest punch of the contest, and Wright continued to land blows on the eye in the early part of the sixth.