Original press photograph of Joe Louis and Tami Mauriello after a fight, 1946

by Tami Mauriello Joe Louis, subjects

$400 · Offered by Royal Books

New York: International Press Photo, 1946. Vintage press photograph of boxers Joe Louis and Tami Mauriello shaking hands after a match on September 18, 1946, at Yankee Stadium. International Press Photo and Daily Mirror stamps on the verso.Considered by Louis to have been his last great fight, although the match itself was short-lived, with Mauriello sinking to the mat at the two minute and nine second mark. From the archive of the

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