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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 21, 1937.
NAST TEORIDICULOUS
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PROPOSALS
REWERY & DISTILLERY, LIMITED.
JOE LOUIS UNLIKELY TO LEAVE US.
HARVEY OR DOYLE
(By Harold Lewis)
A battle of world's heavy- weight boxing promoters has now broken out in earnest and-many matches have been suggested during the past 36 hours, prac- tically all of them ridiculous as championship fights, and at the same time highly improbable:
It will, perhaps, clear the fair if these proposals are set down, together with the "answers."
First came a cable from Chicago that Wembley had approached Mike Jacobs, promoter of the fights of the new world champion, Joe Louis, offering 42 per cent. receipts to Louis, with a guarantee of £15,000, to defend against Harvey or Doyle, inTM mid-August.
DOYLE HAS NO CLAIMS
I am informed from Wembley that the approach was first made from America, and that Wembley merely stated possible terms and were non-. committal. The names of Doyle and Harvey were evidently mentioned somewhere by someone. Harvey is in no sense qualified to fight for the world's title, but can be guaranteed to give any man in the world a good battle. Doyle has no claim on any grounds.
Next is the statement of an offer of Monday's opponents at Earl's Court, Baerlund and Strickland, as targets for Louis in England. Baer lund is out of it, being a foreigner, and Strickland has done nothing deserve such a match.
HARRINGAY OFFER
Then the Harringay promoter made an offer of £20,000 to Louis to meet Buddy Baer in England, further suggesting that the winner should meet the winner of the fight between Farr and Schmeling. All this is equally preposterous.
Buddy Baer and Louis, 25 fight, is one I should like to see
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I have a deep respect for the young Baer giant-but, once again, two such foreigners cannot meet in this country, and the winner, if the fight took place elsewhere, could not meet Schmeling here--and would not in any event, with a million-dollar- gate waiting in New York.
BOARD'S DECISION AWAITED The British Boxing Board Control have yet to decide whether the application to describe the Farr- Schmeling fight as for the world's championship can be granted. I shall be very surprised if they do so, and I repeat that the fight itself is good enough to need no doubtful labels.
It may be called a fight or the European championship but I hope not, having regard to some who are being called European champions.
The date of the contest-suggested as August 9 will be arranged this week-end. It may now be later than August 9.
As for Louis, since money talks in these matters, it is extremely in- probable that he will ever defend his title outside the United States, where he can pick up a purse of from £75,000 upwards without difficulty.