Watching old boxing matches on DVDs tells us something about some of the ways in which American society has changed.
The first thing I noticed about the boxers back in the era of Joe Louis, from the 1930s into the 1950s, is that they all wore regulation boxing trunks and they didn't have tattoos. There was no trying to outdo each other with garish boxing trunks or wild tattoos. They didn't try to stare each other down when the referee was giving them instructions before the fight.
Seldom did any of these boxers go in for showboating during the fight....












Old Boxing Matches
I have loved Beethoven's 6th since I was very small-it was the plowhorse on the album cover (Bruno Walter conducting) that initially captivated me, as well as hearing Grandma tell the story describing each movement in the symphony. I can still picture that album though of course it is long gone, and updated Bruno Walter's Beethoven CDs don't have that cover anymore....