he is 26 years old in this photo against max schmeling...this is meant to be their first fight in 1934 that right ?? http://www.josportsinc.com/catalog/view.php?id=16576 i'm guessing its the much later rematch in 1948.
mmm.....this was posted on August 26, 2009 on the Hamburger Abendblatt site. "Today 75 years ago in Germany boxing idol Max Schmeling in a heavyweight fight against Bochum Walter Neusel." accompanied by this photo.. http://www.abendblatt.de/img/hamburg/crop105481785/6818721505-ci3x2l-w620/max-HA-Hamburg-.jpg what i am looking at here is the bandage on the right knee...and an outdoor venue. also see a photo at the start here....again bandaged right knee and same trunks / socks etc... http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beit...trag/bilderserie/775014/Haue-vor-Zigtausenden
did he have a bandage on the right knee in both fights ?...and both were outdoors ?. or have those websites referenced the wrong photo in each instance. thanks for taking time to look it up.
Witherspoon was only 42 then ,a marvellous achievement. If you think Neusel looks in shape in that photo you need a guide dog.
are all the photo examples i gave....3 of them... all from the 2nd fight ?? makes it very awkward not being able to embed photos here any more.