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Boxing's Beloved Champion Joe Louis Two Mexican Lobby Cards From His Story 1953

$ 11.88

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico

    Description

    Offered are two (2) separate and different large 12.5 inch by 16.5 inch Mexican lobby cards from the 1953 black-and-white movie
    The
    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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