"Brown Bomber" Will Fight Thomas Instead New York, Feb. 25
The fight between Joe Louis, who last night successfully defended his title as world heavyweight champion, and Jimmy Adamick, the young "white hope" from Michigan, has been cancelled because Adamic manager, Jack Kearns, refuses to agree to the contest Instead, the Brown Bomber of Detroit will fight Harry Thomas, promising young heavyweight from Minnesota, on April 1, in Chicago.
Thomas recently lost to Adamick on points, He was also battered to defeat last December by Max Schmelling, the German, in eight rounds of a scheduled ' ten-round fight at Madison Square Garden, Louis will receive 40 per cent, of the receipts, while Thomas will get 12% per cent.—Reuter,
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