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...Later in the week, the televersion of the Louis-Walcott fight duplicated the record...
...boos began in the second round. They stopped momentarily in the third, when jiggling Jersey Joe Walcott threw a punch that knocked Champion Joe Louis to his knees. Then the boys lapsed back into their waltz. The referee barked at them to pep it up. The big fight-the famed Brown Bomber's last-was smelling up Yankee Stadium...
...eleventh, the champ popped Jersey Joe, and was hit back. Then Walcott, trying to retreat, backed into the ropes. For a second or two nothing happened; the champ's slow reflexes were manufacturing a punch. "I don't shoot so fast as I used to," he admitted later. When the punch finally came, it was a killer. Louis hit Walcott with a rain of lefts & rights and Jersey Joe pitched forward on his face. A great roar shook the stadium. A man of brave instincts, Walcott tried to climb back on to his feet. Afterward, still stunned, Jersey...
Fight promoters were becoming increasingly suspicious of television. The voice of NBC, which for months had been whooping up its coming telecast of the Louis-Walcott fight, fell suddenly, mysteriously silent about it. The 20th Century Sporting Club, sponsor of the fight, was just as vague: nobody knew anything about a fight telecast. Said Promoter Mike Jacobs: "I haven't did anything about...
...Louis v.Jersey Joe Walcott(Wed. 10 p.m., ABC*)-The big fight from Yankee Stadium...