"Eddie Blunt (Who defeated 3 of Louis' title challengers)" Actually four--Buddy Baer, Tony Musto, Abe Simon, and Nathan Mann as well as...
SuzieQ49 Okay, you convinced me. He was first tier in 1943 & 1944 But something does seem to have gone wrong in 1945. I remember...
The problem for Bivins is that he lost to Walcott, Murray, and Charles in 1946. He was not even in the 1946 yearly rankings. Bettina also...
Musto lost to Franklin after he fought Louis. He had beaten Franklin before he fought Louis. Louis actually defended against the man who won the...
"he was unrated" Actually he was the #1 contender. 1945 yearly Ring Magazine rankings Champion--Joe Louis 1---Billy Conn 2---Tami...
Simon (and Buddy Baer) in 1942 "Louis's contender selection was based on them being BETTER or more deserving is denial at its finest."...
Okay. The second Simon fight was for Navy or Army relief (I forget which). Louis was already enlisted, and so was a soldier who did what his...
Louis fought a lot of big fellows. The three who beat him weighed 192, 181, and 184 respectively. I don't understand this obsession with...
I wonder what good an "exhibition" would do. If Toles flattened Louis, the glow would certainly come off the gate for the Carnera fight regardless.
Johnny Davis-- truth is, nobody until boxrec considered the Johnny Davis fight anything but an exhibition. Roscoe Toles-- I consider the old...
Joe Louis fought Roscoe Toles on April 27, 1935 at Flint, Michigan, and KO'd him in 6 rounds. Nat Fleischer in the old Ring Record Books listed...
I looked closely at Louis' championship years and broke down the rated fighters and Louis' defenses. *--Louis fought. Off Ring Magazine yearly...
But he didn't beat him the other two fights, including the one in 1945. Don't forget, Bettina was quite a bit older. Bivins began to fade in...
"Louis definitely should have fought Franklin in 41" Louis already had defended his title seven times in 1941. Burman, Simon, and Baer were...
Louis fought Bivins in 1951. I said the best fighter Louis didn't fight. It might have been clearer to say the best fighter Louis never...
