[Photo] Joe Louis sparring partners for Carnera

Can't help with names, but its obvious he was preparing for the much larger fighter!

 

Louis was 6'2 and well built, imagine how big the guy on the left is... He must be nearly 7 foot tall.

 

6' 1.5"

 

He often used Cecil Seal Harris to prepare for taller opponents.

One of the men pictured might be Long Tom Hawkins.

 

Seal Harris

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1935 Jan 4 Primo Carnera Montevideo, Uruguay EX 4 Jan 13 Primo Carnera Sao Paulo, Brazil LK 7 -Harris was hired by Jack Blackburn as a sparring partner for Joe Louis

LongTom 6'5"

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The stocky ,shorter guy might be George Nicholson.

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Might the stocky guy be Big Boy Brackey?

 

Brackey below.

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So definitely not him!

 

According to the book "Joe Louis The Great Black Hope," by Richard Bak you are correct.