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NEGROES TO MEET IN NEW YORK BOUT AT MADISON SQUARE. LOUIS A PRONOUNCED FAVOURITE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) NEW YORK. January 22. On Wednesday night two negroes will battle for the world heavyweight boxing title, for the first time since 1913. when the Johnsons met in Paris. Curiously there is again a similarity of names. Louis is a pronounced favourite, bettors laying confident odds that he will knock out John Henry Lewis, who has built himself up from 1751b5. Lewis has announced that he intends to box during the first five rounds, then get in and fight. Louis plans to go all out from the start. Both men are in tip-top condition. Il is anticipated that 18.000 people will attend at Madison Square Garden. paying 100.000 dollars.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 January 1939, Page 5
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