BOXING.
WORLD HEAVY-WEIGHT TITLE. TWO NEGROES TO MEET. f NEW YORK, November 3. It is announced that Joe Louis will defend his heavy-weight boxing titl;e against John Henry Lewis at Madison Square on January 27. The bout will be of 15 rounds. It will he the first ail-negro heavy-weight championship in history. Lewis recently announced his entry to the heavy-weight class because of his inability to reach the 1751 b limit.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 22, 5 November 1938, Page 2
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