Last week, on a luxurious estate near Kalamazoo, Mich., Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis finally got down to training. His return fight with Jersey Joe Walcott was only 8½ weeks away. He looked puffy around the jowls, had obviously enjoyed good living recently, and obviously would have to grunt off a lot of excess pounds.
How much did he weigh? About 225, Joe said. That was 27 lbs. over his fighting weight in his prime; but skeptical newsmen thought he was even more overweight than that. When they asked to see him on the scales,...
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