BLACK BEATS WHITE.

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4064, 24 June 1938, Page 4

BLACK BEATS WHITE.

THE contest between Louis and Schmeling, long hailed as likely to prove “the most colourful struggle ever waged for the world’s heavy-weight boxing championship,’’ ended up as the most sensational and the shortest in duration on record. By a curious twist of Fate, Louis has now knocked out the only man, Schmeling, who had ever knocked him out, and has certainly provided, us with an astounding finale to a bout which “captured the imagination of the United States public,” who received a mighty poor return for their money. Louis won the world’s heavy-weight title by knocking out Braddock in the eighth round last year. The negro has defended his title three times since. He beat Tommy Farr, the Welshman, on points; knocked out Harry Thomas in the fifth round; and beat Nathan Mann in the third round. Louis has acquired a reputation in the United States that built him up to the proportions of a superman. Such expressions as “the most murderous puncher of all time” and “the unbeatable negro” were used freely by American boxing writers in describing the champion and his powers. It has not yet been disclosed definitely what sum he will receive out of this latest match, but. before this fight he had earned more than £25,000 in the ring —and he has been a professional fighter only since 1934. A few years before that Louis was a cotton picker in Alabama and later a worker in a Detroit automobile factory.