A wreath ceremony on June 21 for American Boxing Legend Joe Louis at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. (Courtesy Photo)
Cassandra White of BGP and Attorney Claude Roxborough honored American Boxing Legend Joe Louis on June 21 with a wreath ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The ceremony was a commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the historical “fight of the century” between Louis and Max Schmeling. The heavyweight championship is symbolic of the struggle between competing ideologies –American Democracy versus Hitler’s philosophy of dictatorship and oppression. Among the speakers were Herbert Ruffin, retired sergeant and champion army boxer; Sharriff Salim, manager and inductee into the D.C. Boxing Hall of Fame and Claude Roxborough, nephew of the late manager of Joe Louis – John Roxborough. Louis’ daughter, Gwendolyn Courtney also attended the commemoration. Roxborough announced that he and Michael Stein have completed registering for a Broadway musical about the June 22, 1938, “Fight of the Century.”
