After a simply incredible, never to be beaten heavyweight championship reign of 11 years and nine months, during which time … read more “On This Day In 1949 – The Great Joe Louis Announces His Retirement (but it won’t be allowed to last)”
It wasn’t very often that the great Joe Louis heard the sound of boos when he was in the ring. … read more “Joe Louis Vs. Arturo Godoy – Two Battles, Two Different Outcomes”
Forced Back Into The Ring In An Effort To Clear His Debts, The Great Joe Louis Is Badly Beaten By … read more “On This Day: Joe Louis Is Badly Beaten By Ezzard Charles”
Does Tommy Farr deserve to go down as one of the greatest Welsh warriors of all time? You sure wouldn’t … read more “On This Day: Tommy Farr Shows His Toughness And His Ability In Pushing Joe Louis All The Way”
The month of June held mixed fortunes for the great Joe Louis. It was in June when “The Brown Bomber” … read more “85 Years Ago: When The Great Joe Louis Stopped Jimmy Braddock To Begin His Long Reign As Heavyweight King”
Heavyweight king of kings Joe Louis really was savage in return fights. Time and again during his legendary ring career, … read more “80 Years Ago Today: The Great Joe Louis Leaves No Doubt With Crushing Rematch Win Over Buddy Baer”
70 years ago today, the heavyweight division saw a classic changing of the guard, of the torch being passed from … read more “70 Years Ago Today: Rocky Marciano Vs. Joe Louis”
As fight fans know, Germany’s Max Schmeling scored a big upset, a very big upset, when he KO’d an unbeaten … read more “Louis-Schmeling II: When Joe Scored The Kind Of Brutal Revenge All Fighters Dream Of”