Re: Joe Louis
Yeah but fighting for the HW title is different. I have this picture that the American powers would be hesitant to allow one of their own to fight Schmelling for the HW title in case they lost to Max and that would give the German propaganda machine a significant boost and promote the idea of their supremacy further.
Against Joe Louis they rightfully assumed their chances were very good.
I dunno if that's how it was but it kind of seems plausible to me. Braddock was a bum champion, I would not send him in to get massacred by Schmelling and lose the title to Nazi Europe if I was an American of influence here.
"Enough with the games mate! Your messing with the Grand Master!"
Lennox Lewis
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