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Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,705 posts).
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)He went into the ring with the intention of making a point.
Suffice it to say, the point was made.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,705 posts)There is a dispute over whether Schmeling allowed himself to be used and was the one dimensional figure he was portrayed as at the time. Of interest his manager was Jewish.
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)The Federal Government hounded Joe over taxes, much of those from receipts of exhibition fight winnings when Joe was IN UNIFORM DURING WWII which he donated TO THE WAR EFFORT. They were on his ass until his dying days. Whereas, Schmeling, a man who at one time wore a German paratrooper uniform during the war, was handed the Coca Cola franchise in Germany, which made him a very rich man.
So the guy who wore the American uniform, let's fuck him over, but let's reward the other guy who was once an enemy.
Fucked up, ain't it?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,705 posts)I agree that the government treated Joe shabbily. But Joe Louis' place in African American and American history is secure.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)was a devastating punch. He would have knocked out a bull with that haymaker.