Another "Tune-up" Bout for June's Big Battle Chicago, Feb. 24
The Illinois State Boxing Commission to-day approved of a world heavyweight championship bout between Joe Louis titleholder, and Harry Thomas, local fighter, to be held at the Chicago Stadium on April 1, The "Brown Bomber," who yesterday retained his title by knocking out Nathan Mann in the third round in New York, agreed to a fifteen-round championship tussle against Thomas.
The husky local lad is generally considered by sports scribes as another "tune-up" opponent for the lethal-fisted negro who is set to meet Max Schmelling of Germany in June.
Although a powerful fighter, whose main qualities are stamina and hard-hitting, Thomas i; not considered first-rate opposition for Louis.
Boxing experts agreed that Louis was determined to attain the finest possible physical condition for his bout against Schmelling, who knocked him out in 1926, and for this reason was anxious to sharpen his weapons for the big fight in June.—United Press.
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