Joe Louis vs. Vitali Klitschko

I don't think Louis ever officially admitted he lost. He may have said it to Jersey Joe after the fight but he took it back when the two discussed their two fights on "The Way It Was" TV show.

http://megavideo.com/?v=FN4RQ734

 

good spot i have this show on disc:good

 

I just watched this minutes ago actually. It appears Walcott is sooooo fibbing about the ref distracting him for the crucial attack in the rematch

 

I'll have to look at the video. I don't know if he officially admitted it either.

When Joe apologised to Jersey Joe after the fight, it's commonly held that he was apologising for the verdict.
This is incorrect.
He apologised to Walcott because Louis thought he had given a sub-par performance.

*Edit* Having watched the video, Louis himself said he apologised for the way he fought, and not because of the verdict...nice video by the way.

 

Fair enough. :good

 

No, I don't disagree.

 

He says the ref distracted him, saying he had been up him plenty about not fighting enough and was conveying this again.

 

Here's what my present mag had to say on Louis - Walcott.

Twice he fought Joe Louis for the title-and, in 1946 he beat the Brown Bomber. Beat him decisively and fairly. But as one of the contempory writers put it, "he was prevented from claiming the title on a technicality-two of the officials forgot how to score a fight".

Maybe it was pro Walcott, who knows.

 

My take on what Louis said to Walcott was "Sorry Joe" . Walcott said he took that to mean he was robbed. Louis amswered " I said that after every fight to every opponent."

JT: Goin back a few pages, of course I know Vitali is far ahead of a LeRpy Jones. I was simply talking about how Holmes had zero problem teeing off against a fast, big man. Jones got pounded but going into the fight he was undefeated and a fast boxer who had beaten Mike Weaver amomng others.

 

Ok, I can see where you're coming from now. For a minute there, I was quite taken aback by your initial response to my post...it seemed to me to be quite aggressive, which isn't your style.
I should have probably said something like: "From what I have seen of the fight, I thought Walcott won."

Your position on the fight is not an unreasonable one, in my opinion. :good

 

I know what you meant, but you can probably see how mentioning/seemingly comparing Jones and Vitali as you did came across pretty funny. I'm no massive fan myself but he's 5 X Leroy Jones and i would never use Holmes success vs such a fighter in talk of a fight vs Vitali.

Each to their own of course.