BIG EIGHT TO-DAY.
LOS ANGELES, April 14. It is anticipated that 40,000 will see the heavyweight boxing titleliolder. Joe Louis, defend bis title against Jack Roper on Monday. Roper’s ability is uncertain except for his left hand blow, from which be lias stretched out good fighters in the last 15 years.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 116, 17 April 1939, Page 7
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51BIG EIGHT TO-DAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 116, 17 April 1939, Page 7
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