BRADDOCK-LOUIS FIGHT
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1 Radical Alterdtions To I Rules I LENGTH OF COUNT
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£ CRICAGO, June 16. n The Stato Boxing (Jommission has I adoi>ted a radical ckange in the so- ■ called ten-second riile fof .the Braddock- ■ Louis light. A lighter f ormerly Whether ■ lloored ihside oi- outside the iing had E ten seeonds in which to regain his lightI ilig posture, but uhder the change he I will have 20 seeonds to regain his fightI Ing postnre unassisted within the l'ing. I in the cveht of his being knocked or I i'ailing out of the ring other Changes I 1)1 the rules ihade prevent the fanious I long count whieh marred the Dempsey- | ■ funney fight in 1927. i ! A speCial ring will aiso be Used meaI ' .mring 22 feet sqiiafe within thC ropbs. I BraddOCk and LoUls did iiot train toI day.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 130, 18 June 1937, Page 13
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