classic boxing pictures

New York Sun account from June 23, 1938 as follows,

..." Stripped naked, he (Schmeling) stood on the scales , grinning and winking at the press. He came in at 193, a bit lighter than he expected, but a pound heavier than for the first Louis fight. When Louis's (sic) turnn came he balked. " I ain't going to take my pants off., he declared. "Make 'em turn those things off," he added, pointing to the cameras. After a three minute huddle, Roxborough (Louis' manager) announced that if the cameras were shut off and lights lowered ,Louis would drop his trunks. Louis weighed 198 3/4"

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Joe Louis vs Lou Nova

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robinson v olson

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these are ones i scanned in from a page of a collection of magazines my grandad gave me...
these are probably already online somewhere, but i cant find them...sure some of you have these same old ring magazines too...

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it used to sit in jack dempsey's restaurant..it's now in the smithsonian national portrait gallery in washington...

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robinson v fullmer

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