classic boxing pictures

It's times like these when it really looked like Joe didn't want anyone bothering him with camera's - sorry Joe

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FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-DETROIT

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Thats George Kid Cotton. He split Johnson's lip in sparring ,and Johnson got serious and spanked his arse for him.In the fight with Jeffries

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the cut re -opened, and the crowd went wild ,but it was Cotton who had done the damage originally.

 

Louis tries coming in under Johnny Shkor's long arms

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Braddock and Louis battle it out

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The caption proves that, even when old and roly poly, an exhibition with Joe Louis wasn't just an exhibition in the traditional sense

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Good stuff RSN, you put us ringside!

 

My favourite Joe Louis destruction job - poor Buddy Baer

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Joe Louis powers into George Nicholson for army relief fund exhibition

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Louis in his last exhibition versus Hubert Hood

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Andy Walker: brave or foolhardy??

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Joe Louis tangling with Omelio Agramonte

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Don't push it Cass LOL

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The changing face of a fight

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Jack Dempsey

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