Article on Louis vs Schmeling I and II

[Verbal_Jab]

Here's an article on the old fights between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling:



I hope that some of you find it informative/entertaining/both.

Take care.

[B-Bomber]

Wonderful article , thanks for sharing.


The ending is touching, I quote:

' Assisting in the payment of his taxes, Schmeling (among other contributors) sought to help out Louis whose accumulated interest from taxes caused his debt to rise to one million dollars by the end of the 1950's. Although Louis was able to find a more comfortable existence later in life through a payment plan agreed upon by the government, it was Schmeling who helped to pay for Louis' funeral costs when he died in 1981 (he also acted as one of the pall-bearers).

Both men survived the Great Depression, the Second World War, and each other. The animosity between the countries they sought to represent did not infect their rivalry. Instead, rivalry turned to respect. A respect that was found in the most remarkable of circumstances, and lasted a lifetime'.