Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Walcott
II
Yankee Stadium *
Bronx, New York
June 25, 1948
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A vintage souvenir pennant to the Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight championship bout... This was their second meeting which took place on June 25, 1948 at New York's Yankee Stadium... After a controversial first bout Louis would retain his title with a come-from-behind KO in 11th round...
measures: 8.5 x 25.5"
condition: pin holes at top left and extreme right, else fine
$1,100
$24 insured shipping
sold
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JOE LOUIS RALLIES TO STOP WALCOTT IN ELEVENTH ROUND ____________________
Trailing on Points,
Champion Turns Tide 42,667 AT THE
STADIUM Jeers Early in Bout
Because of Lack of Because he has the
punch that has made him one of the greatest heavyweights ever to
hold the title, Joe Louis, the ring's Brown Bomber, still is the
world champion. He knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott of Camden, the
challenger for the title, in the eleventh
round of an ordinary championship battle last night in the
Yankee Stadium, and plucked glorious, spectacular victory from
threatened defeat. Trailing the 34-year-old challenger through
ten rounds of fighting which more than once drew jeers from the
crowd of 42,667, Louis turned the tide of battle with one punch.
It was a right to the jaw which shook Walcott to his toes. It
was delivered as the shifty challenger was boxing in the
confusing style that had baffled Louis last December and was
baffling him again before a great crowd which paid $841,739 for
the spectacle. The blow provided the opening which Louis had
sought from the start. |
