The Champion on the Receiving End (Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott)
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Associated Press
American
Unidentified
Maker
The Champion on the Receiving End (Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott)
December 5, 1947
Gelatin silver print
17.2 x 21.1 cm.
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0081.0633
Inscriptions verso-(applied caption) "7530A Associated press Photo from New York
Caution: Use Credit" "The Champion on the Receiving End Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis (left) winces as he is tagged with a hard right to
the face by challenger Jersey Joe Walcott in the ninth round of their
heavyweight Championship fight in Madison Square Garden, New York
City, Dec. 5. The Champion retained his title when he won a fifteen-
round decision." "Associated Press Photo HRM 1132PES 12/5/47 STF 93
A EAST BC GD NYWS MON SJ TMC PA LON MEX FOR"
Caution: Use Credit" "The Champion on the Receiving End Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis (left) winces as he is tagged with a hard right to
the face by challenger Jersey Joe Walcott in the ninth round of their
heavyweight Championship fight in Madison Square Garden, New York
City, Dec. 5. The Champion retained his title when he won a fifteen-
round decision." "Associated Press Photo HRM 1132PES 12/5/47 STF 93
A EAST BC GD NYWS MON SJ TMC PA LON MEX FOR"
