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JOE AND FIDEL IN HAVANA HAVING FUN

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IN December 1959, Joe Louis got off a plane in Havana and went straight to meet the country’s new revolutionary hero, Fidel Castro.

It was the start of a match made in heaven that quickly ended in hell. Poor Joe never stood a chance.

Louis was there as a special guest of Castro at the New Year’s Eve celebrations. Castro had ousted Fulgencio Batista to end a regime in January of 1959. The revolution was won and done, and it was time to celebrate the overthrow of the rotten government. It was also

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