- Joe Louis - Wikipedia
He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, during which he participated in 26 championship fights, defeated 21 fighters, [118] [119] made 25 defenses and was a world champion for 11 years and 10 months
- Joe Louis | Biography, Record, Accomplishments, Facts | Britannica
Joe Louis (born May 13, 1914, Lafayette, Alabama, U S —died April 12, 1981, Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937, when he knocked out James J Braddock in eight rounds in Chicago, until March 1, 1949, when he briefly retired
- Joe Louis - Boxing, Record Max Schmeling - HISTORY
Joe Louis (1914-1981), nicknamed the “Brown Bomber,” was heavyweight champion of the world from 1937 to 1949, an almost twelve-year streak that set a new world record Louis, an African
- ESPN Classic - Brown Bomber was a hero to all
Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion from 1937-1941 In one corner was Schmeling, representing Hitler (though Schmeling wasn't a Nazi) and everything fascism stood for
- Today in History: June 22, Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling
On June 22, 1938, in a rematch that bore the weight of both geopolitical symbolism and African American representation, American Joe Louis knocked out German Max Schmeling in just two
- Joe Louis vs James J. Braddock 22. 6. 1937 - World Heavyweight . . . - YouTube
Joe Louis had become the new World Heavyweight Champion and the first black World Heavyweight Champion since 1915 Louis held the title for twelve years and defended it twenty-five
- Tommy Farr | The Night he gave Joe Louis All He Could Handle
On a warm summer night in 1937, under the glaring lights of Yankee Stadium and before a crowd of over 37,000, one of the most unlikely and valiant efforts in boxing history took place Joe Louis, the feared “Brown Bomber” and newly crowned Heavyweight Champion of the World, entered the ring a massive favorite
- August 30, 1937: Louis vs Farr -- Gutsy Welshman Goes The Distance
The great Joe Louis, already something of a legend, made his first defense as heavyweight champion against Welshman Tommy Farr just nine weeks after his title-winning knockout over James J Braddock
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