Joe Louis and John Henry Lewis Signing for Fight
(Original Caption) Louis and Lewis Make a Date. New York: Heavyweight champion Joe Louis and John Henry Lewis, recently deposed as light-heavyweight champion, are shown in the offices of the New York state boxing commission today as they signed up to meet in combat for the world's heavyweight title on the night of January 27, 1939, at Madison Square Garden, under the benevolent auspices of promoter Mike Jacobs. Left to right at the signing ceremony, Louis, General John Phelan, commissioner; John Henry Lewis, rear (L to R) Julian Black, Louis' mentor; Lew Beck, Mike Jacobs and Gus Greenley.
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