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Heavyweight champion James Braddock and then-challengers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling featured on the cover of the February 1937 issue of The Ring, "The Bible of Boxing"

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2021-07-27

Max Schmeling 🇩🇪 vs Joe Louis 🇺🇸 II, June 22nd, 1938.

Can’t fathom how huge this fight would’ve been with WW2 looming.

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2021-06-05

We will make an exhibition in 2022 with many more historic cover art from the 30ies and 40ies and with current artworks from famous ...

This will be HUGE. There is soo much interest!

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2021-03-08

Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling by artist Bob Peak.

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2020-07-23

German icon Max Schmeling, World Heavyweight Champion 1930 - 1932, died in 2005 aged 99. He refused to endorse Nazism, despite being feted by Hitler after knocking out Joe Louis in 1936. We now know that during the 1938 Kristallnacht, Schmeling saved two Jewish boys.

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2020-02-02

a few days ago, aka left us.
rest in power, Master!!!

—listen to him!

*img 1984 Scheduled Games
*audio c 2000 talks about his art in Aubrey's Playroom podcast by
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https://t.co/nqZC4zCmN8

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2019-09-20