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Lot # 1024: Historic Joe Louis Full Tickets (4)

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 10 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Winter 2015 Catalog Auction",
which ran from 12/4/2015 9:00 AM to
1/8/2016 9:00 PM



Included here are full tickets for some of the most important heavyweight matches in history of boxing. 1) Braddock vs. Louis June 22, 1937. Promoter Mike Jacobs guaranteed Braddock a purse of $300,000 and ten percent of the promoter's net profits from promoting Louis over the next decade! Magnificent NRMT-MT. 2) Louis vs. Schmeling rematch, was more than a boxing match but a survival of the races. Beautiful NRMT-MT unused. 3) Louis vs. Galento June 28, 1939. Punched but complete, condition is EX with a fold down the center. 4) Louis vs. Walcott June 23, 1948, NRMT.

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