PRAISE FOR LOUIS
BETTER THAN JACK DEMPSEY Anybody who wants to dispute the suggestion that .Toe Louis could have beaten Jack Dempsey when the "Manassa Mauler" was in his prime, is invited to take up the matter with Arthur Donovan, who has refereed eight of the present champion's fights, including the John Henry Lewis bout. Donovan says the .Too Louis of today is the greatest fighter who ever drew on a glove, and that ho would have given even Dempsey a beating. "I still say I know more about what Joe Louis does to a man than anybody else because I've been right next to him while he was doing it, said Donovan. "Not only seeing it, but hearing his blows land. L say that Joe Louis, who smashed up, Schmeling and John Henry Lewis, could have beaten any fighter who ever lived, includiug pempsey."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23284, 1 March 1939, Page 17
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145PRAISE FOR LOUIS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23284, 1 March 1939, Page 17
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