That Emanuel Steward fella said Louis' management avoided boxers. Guess that's why he fought Ramage twice, Pastor twice, Conn twice, Walcott twice...
Not that I know of.
Good point
That could very well be argued, though the Pastor that beat and lost to Bivins was already faded and Moore's victories over a still good Bivins...
Charles and Walcott, though not to the degree that Schmeling managed.
Ali's best weapon here would be his right hand, which in combination with his reflexes and foot speed would be finding its target over Louis' jab....
Shavers hit hard. He took out Young, Ellis, Norton and Bugner, a decent bunch with some caveats of Young actually being quite young, Ellis being...
Max Baer had actually figured out a reason why Tony did this [MEDIA]
Moore avenged his loss on a Bivins who had already lost to Walcott, Charles and Lee Q Murray multiple times. There's nothing wrong with a loss to...
John Henry was a past prime LHW who was managing to hold on to his crown while beating some notable heavyweights to get a shot at the champion,...
Max Schmeling Billy Conn Joe Walcott Bob Pastor All these guys were better than 41 y.o Moore, and the oldest of the group was 9 years his junior...
They both had an appreciation for each other 14:53 (these timestamps never work) [MEDIA]
It is a sad one but Louis put up a great fight against a young Marciano. All the rounds barring the 8th and the 2nd were very close.
Thanks! I was lucky to find this recording, it'll be the first time for many to hear this one. I agree, of all the announcers I've heard, Dunphy...
The last fight of Joe Louis, with Don Dunphy's excellent and accurate blow by blow analysis. This is the highest quality version of this fight...