THE NEW YORK TIMES,, June 20, 1946 

* Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn 
* Heavyweight boxing championship bout 

The top of the front page has a one column heading:
"LOUIS STOPS CONN IN EIGHTH ROUND AND RETAINS TITLE" with subheads. (See) Much more reporting on page 27 with headings, photos and round per round coverage. Loads of text, too much to photograph here.
Complete with 46 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Background: The June 19, 1946, heavyweight championship rematch between Joe Louis and Billy Conn at Yankee Stadium was a highly anticipated sports spectacle that ultimately marked a watershed moment in the history of modern sports media. Five years after their legendary 1941 bout—where the agile Conn outboxed Louis for twelve rounds before being knocked out in the thirteenth due to his own overconfidence—both men returned from four years of World War II military service visibly slowed by ring rust. While the actual fight proved to be a tactical, widely panned disappointment that ended with a heavier Louis methodically stalking Conn and knocking him out in the eighth round, its historical significance far transcended the lackluster action inside the ropes. Pre-empted by Louis’s immortal sports quote, "He can run, but he can't hide," the event made history as the first world heavyweight championship fight ever broadcast live on television. Transmitted by NBC and sponsored by Gillette to an estimated 150,000 viewers across the East Coast, the broadcast proved the immense commercial and cultural viability of televised sports, fundamentally altering how the public consumed athletic events and cementing a multi-billion dollar relationship between broadcasting networks and professional athletics for decades to come.