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Originally Posted by sthoemke
Here is a newspaper write-up for the Halloween fight.
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Interesting. Shows how little fans cared about the Light Heavyweight division back then.
It's a big reason why Joe Louis gave his friend a title shot in the Heavyweight division for one last (and by far his biggest) payday, before he was forced to retire due to an old eye injury at only 25 years of age.
Lewis was no match for Louis, but it gave him a little nest egg to go out on.