The Archive · 1938

Louis-Lewis Bout Involved

The Lewis-Louis bout will be a novelty in that it would mark the first all-negro heavyweight title fight in the history of boxing, but sports scribes are of virtually unanimous opinion that the.fight itself would result in a slaughter of Lewis and would not draw enough in the way of gate receipts to pay training expenses.

It will be recalled that Galento was recently named the Number One challenger for the Bomber's title by the N.B.A. with Max Baer ranked second and John Henry Lewis not even-in the picture for ser sideration, except by the Ne Commission.—United Press 323 R. Lafayette "Tel. 81200 To-day at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m.

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