LOUIS-FARR FIGHT POSTPONED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 5

LOUIS-FARR FIGHT POSTPONED

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"Brown Bomber" is Six-to-one Favourite TUNNEY PREDICTS K.O.

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(Eeceived 27, 9.45 a.m.) NEW YOEK, Aug. 26. The Louis-Farr fight for the world heavy-weiglit boxing title has been postponed until Monday owing to rain. Considerable comm'ent has been aroused by a radio speech in wliieh Gene Tunney, former title-holder, predicted that Lonis would knock out Farr in the fifth round. Last night Louis was a six-to-one favourite to retain the title and a three-to-one favourite to win bv a knock-out. The forecast then was for fair weather, with moderate temperatures and a possibility of light rains. Last statements made by; the principals were: — Louis: "I've never felt better before a fight. l'm eonfident that I'll be champion when I come out of the ring. I hope to win by a knock-out, but I shall not predict in which round I intend to try. I'll try to bring it to an end as soon as possible. I do not rate Farr as an easy mark. If he wins, I shall have no alibis." Farr: "I'm not figuring on knocking out Louis, but I am positive that I'll win the deeision. My plan of campaign is to figure out in the first round what Louis will do, therefore starting carefully. Maybe if I got the right opportunity to deliver a good, solid punch I shall knock him out." Despite the virtually unanimous opinion of experts that Farr will be outclassed by Louis, it is believed that mterest in the fight can be attributed t0 the fact that Farr is an unknown quantity here and that Americans will support the underdog in the hope that the experts are wrong, which is not exactly rare. The British delegation and British boxing writers here favour Louis. Farr and Louis, who are both eonfident of victory, spent a quiet day at their camps. Farr's attendants said the cheek gash was unlikely to bother him, although it is taken for granted that Louis will make it a target. The attendance should be 30,000.