Joe Louis - Las Vegas, NV
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A statue of Joe Louis at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Waymark Code: WMKWD5
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2014
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The statue is by Bobby Flay's Mesa restaurant. It has Louis in boxing shorts and gloves in a crouched position about to his. Behind him is a mound from the marble.
"Joe Louis (born Joseph Louis Barrow, May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981) was an American boxer. He was the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949. Louis won the title from James Braddock. He made a record twenty-five title defenses before giving up the title in 1949.
Perhaps his most famous fight was his one-round knockout of Max Schmeling, the German former heavyweight champion, in 1938. Schmeling had given Louis his only loss up to that point, and was widely seen at that time as a representative of Nazi Germany. The buildup to the fight was wrapped up in the politics of the United States versus Nazi Germany." (
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