BOXING JOE LOUIS AND WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
NEW YORK, March 8.
Joe Louis failed today to obtain recognition from the New York State Athlqtic Commission, for the proposed world heavy-weight title fight between Ezzard Charles and Joe Walcott.
After a conference with Mr Eddie Eagan, the chairman of the commission, Louis said that he had bee'n told that the commission would refuse to recognise one man being designated ■ champion with out surviving an elimination series.
Louis has already obtained permission from the National Boxing Association to describe the CharlesWalcott fight as a world title bout. The National Boxing Association controls boxing throughout the United States except New York State.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1949, Page 10
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