New York, Mar. 15.
Is Joe Louis slipping? Are his days as heavyweight champion of the world numbered These are the questions being asked throughout the fistic world of America today as a result of the brave showing made against the "Brown Bomber" on February 9 by swarthy Arturo Godoy of Chile.
That Louis's crown wobbled perilously on his head for fifteen rounds there is no question, and there is stil] much controversy as to the decision rendered at the end of the fight. One thing of which there is no doubt is that Louis is a very different man against a clever, weaving, bobbing adversary from what he is against a slow-moving, stand-up fighter such as many of his opponents have been.
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