Happy New Year, boxing fans! And to kick off the new year, Joe Louis is the featured boxer in this edition of the Top 5 Notable Wins series, and with The Brown Bomber, he still holds records for the longest heavyweight title reign in history, both in terms of his 25 title defenses, and also the duration of his illustrious championship run which lasted nearly 12 years. » Read Full Article
80 Years On: Recalling The Most Famous First-Round KO in Heavyweight Boxing History
-Eighty years ago tomorrow (June 22, 1938) the great, the immortal Joe Louis met Germany’s Max Schmeling in a rematch. » Read Full Article
Video: Top 10 Heavyweights by decade
-Ranking fighters across different eras is a tricky business. Who was the greatest heavyweight of all time? » Read Full Article
Times Live Top-10 Greatest-Ever Heavyweight Champions list sure to cause debate
-It’s a list that pops up every now and then, and boxing fans seem to love it when the debate begins: who is the greatest heavyweight champion of all-time; who are the top-10 greatest heavyweight champions of all-time? » Read Full Article
70 years ago: The great Joe Louis has his mind set on retirement but is cruelly denied
-70 years ago today, legendary heavyweight king Joe Louis, “The Brown Bomber” was edging towards what he hoped would be a happy, content and thoroughly satisfactory retirement from boxing. » Read Full Article
Deontay Wilder says he would have KO’d the great Joe Louis!
-The old timers won’t like it one bit, and it’s probable younger fight fans will disagree with Deontay Wilder’s opinion on what would have happened had he and one of the great heavyweight champions of yesteryear got it on. » Read Full Article
Sports Illustrated – Top-100 moments in Sports History revealed: boxing features six times
-Iconic publication Sports Illustrated has covered all the major sporting events around the globe for decades; but what are the publication’s picks for the top 100 greatest moments in sports history? » Read Full Article
The Garden’s Defining Moments: Marciano defeats Louis
-MSG Networks (NYSE: MSGN) continues the special 20-part television event “The Garden’s Defining Moments” presented by SAP with “Marciano defeats Louis.” “The Garden’s Defining Moments: Marciano defeats Louis,” narrated by Ben Stiller, premieres Thursday, February 18 at 11:00 pm on MSG Network, following MSG’s telecast of Rangers \ Maple Leafs. » Read Full Article
Joe Louis made first big splash with KO of Primo
-After Jim Braddock demystified the frightening power of Max Baer on June 13, 1935, it drove the heavyweight division into an unexpected state of flux. » Read Full Article
Counterpunch: Ali, Tyson, the Brown Bomber, and Other Stories of the Boxing Ring
-In feature stories and his “Sports of the Times” column for The New York Times, Ira Berkow intimately covered boxing, interviewing some of the best fighters in the sport’s history and writing about them with his signature warm and personal prose. » Read Full Article