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Boxing's Beloved Champion Joe Louis Two Mexican Lobby Cards From His Story 1953
$ 11.88
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Offered are two (2) separate and different large 12.5 inch by 16.5 inch Mexican lobby cards from the 1953 black-and-white movieThe
Joe
Louis
Story
. Joe Louis, aka the
Brown Bomber
, was heavyweight champion for twelve years, from 1937-1949, longer than any other boxer in history. Joe Louis is regarded as the first person of African-American descent to achieve the status as a nationwide hero within the United States.
Joe Louis was portrayed in the movie by a real heavyweight fighter named Coley Wallace, who looked and sounded exactly like Joe Louis. Ironically, in real life, the actor Coley Wallace defeated Rocky Marciano in an amateur boxing match; however, Marciano knocked out Joe Louis in a professional fight.
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