The Archive · 1940

Attack on Donovan

"In 1937 I almost knocked out Nathan Mann, but Donovan he claim I struck foul He then give Mann rest period and save him. Then when I fight Louis last Feb-Miry, Donovan he push his hand over my face, three, four times, when breaking clinches. I could not see, so Louis he hit me, Then he gave me only four out of 15 rounds.

The New York Boxing Commission vill consider Godoy's protest, when it meets Thursda:

It may be remembered that a week ago, Godoy and Weill launched a verbal assault against Donovan, stating that the referee had already "voted in print" against Godoy in an article published under his (Donovan's) by line in a well-known magazine, Particularly Angry They wote particularly angered by Donovan's statement in the article that Louis can cut loose this time,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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