From October 1936: Clark Gable has been offered $50,000 to fight Max Baer, former world’s heavyweight champion. He says he may accept it if he finds he has enough time between pictures to do the necessary training. The offer was made by Tom Gallery, veteran California fight promoter, just after Gable had knocked out Allen Pomeroy, former intercollegiate champion, in a fistic battle for the Cosmopolitan production, “Cain and Mabel, … with Marion Davies and Gable co-starred. Simultaneously, it was revealed that Gable had made application to the state boxing commission for a permit to engage in professional boxing. Commenting on the offer to meet Baer, Gable said he could…