On Jan. 9, 1942, heavyweight champion Joe Louis won his 20th straight title defense, knocking out Buddy Baer in the first round. The next day, he enlisted in the Army. For good measure, Louis donated ...
Yahoo Canada Sports: Remembering heavyweight champion Joe Louis, and how society treats its sports heroes
Joe Louis became the second black boxer to win the world heavyweight title when he defeated James Braddock in eight rounds in Chicago on . That was 80 years ago. Louis held the title for ...
Remembering heavyweight champion Joe Louis, and how society treats its sports heroes
Popular sentiment has Joe Louis fighting not only for the heavyweight championship, but also for democracy as Max Schmeling unwittingly represents Adolf Hitler and fascism. Actually, the German boxer ...
Before he became heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis’s mother forced him to play the violin. Or so she thought. She handed over a quarter a week for lessons. But he never showed up, choosing ...
Seventy-six years ago this weekend, on , one of the greatest fighters of all time announced his retirement from the sport. In so doing, Joe Louis called a halt to a heavyweight reign that ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection consists of 109 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings assembled by Julian Black, manager of Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion from ...
WFMZ-TV: 1942: Joe Louis retains world heavyweight title with knockout of Buddy Baer
1942 — Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. American boxer Buddy Baer, left, uses his ...