Old Warriors Meet Again - Two former World's heavyweight boxing champions square off as they meet for the first time in 16 years. It's 48-year-old Max Schmeling (left) of Germany and 39-year-old Joe Louis whose smiling moods are a far cry from their last meeting when Louis flattened Schmeling in 1938.

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Old Warriors Meet Again - Two former World's heavyweight boxing champions square off as they meet for the first time in 16 years. It's 48-year-old Max Schmeling (left) of Germany and 39-year-old Joe Louis whose smiling moods are a far cry from their last meeting when Louis flattened Schmeling in 1938.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1954]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Schmeling, Max - Boxer

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