MONEY LURE

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 2, 4 January 1937, Page 10

MONEY LURE

OFFER TO BRADDOCK £20,000 FOR AN EXHIBITION BOUT WITH JOE LOUIS Arrangements for a boxing bout between James J. Braddock, world’s heavyweight champion, and Joe Louis, in Atlantic City's Convention Hall the night of February 22 were “99 h per cent, settled” on November 13, s«.ates a New York writer. Herman (Mugsy) Taylor, Philadelphia promoter, announced the percentage calculation after a meeting of managers and promoters interested in staging a 12-round Washington’s birthday fight between Braddock and the Brown Bomber. Taylor announced after the meeting that he had raised 100,000 dollars £20,000) to turn over to Braddock’s manager, Joe Gould, as “evidence of

good faith,” and said the match was “as good as made.” Officials of the National Boxing Association, of which Jersey is a member, are said to vehemently oppose the bout unless it is bill*d as an exhibition. Attitude of the New. York State Tthletic Commission will be made known later, when Joe Gould, manager of Braddock, will be questioned.