Blacks and The Brown Bomber - Part 1

Conn · Jan 25, 2012

Bummy Davis said: ↑

Lorenzo Pack was a feared fighter, people make fun of Galento but Galento beat Pack and other feared black fighters to get to Louis....Louis did not avoid too many, even Bivins was beaten by Walcott to get the shot and the war did not help.
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Galento is underrated. In professional terms he's always been a victim of his own PR and schtick

mcvey · Jan 25, 2012

mattdonnellon said: ↑

Never knew there was any doubt about the Toles-Louis affair as a genuine fight;

THE MORNING HERALD, GLOVERSV1LLE AND JOHNSTOWN, N. Y. FRIDAY, APRIL 26,1935

BOXING
F L I N T, Mieh., Apr il 25(rf*)Joe
L o u i s, the "Brown B o m b e r" h e a v yw e i g ht from De t r o i t, k n o c k ed out
R o s c oe Toles, T o l e do N e g ro fighter, in t he l a st round of t h e ir six
round bout here t o n i g h t, a l t h o u gh
L o u is could h a ve d e l i v e r ed the
d e a d ly punch ay t u ne he pl eas ed.
L o u is we ighed 200 to 198 for Tol e s,
It w as Louis' t w e n t i e th c o n s e c ut i ve ring vi c tory s i n ce he joined
t he professional r a n k s, a nd h is fift e e n th knockout v i c t o r y.
A crowd of 2,000 b o o ed t he exhibi t ion w h i ch a l m o st e n d ed in the
s e c o nd stanza. T o l es t o ok a hard
l e ft to the head in t h is r o u nd and
w e nt down for t h r ee c o u n t s. As
he h i ts t he c a n v a s s, h is s e c o n ds
t o s s ed In tha t o w e l. R e f e r ee Slim
McCl e l lan ki cked t he t o w el o ut of
t he ring, and George M c K l n l ey said
ho would he ld up Toles end of
t he purse If t he f i g ht d id n ot go
o n.
L o u is did n ot o p en up u n t il the
s i x th round a nd t h en he t h r ew
p u n c h es all over T o l e s. T he Tol e do battler c a u g ht o ne on t he Jaw
a nd went down f or t he c o u nt Just
be fore the final bell.
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Good info Matt ,cheers.:good

Bummy Davis · Jan 25, 2012

Bob Paster beat Lem Franklin,Roscoe Toles,Turkey Thompson and Jimmy Bivins

Tony Galento KO'd Lorenzo Pack and Leroy Haynes and beat and dropped hard punching Eddie Blunt so Louis may have fought the white guys instead of the black but the white guys that beat the same blacks so Louis was fighting the best and not for color

Walcott was a tough rough hard-punching-trickster that was rugged when fit and ready...Louis fought him and may have stole the 1st but re-matched and won. Walcott was the most equipped of the black murders row

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