Craziest atmosphere for a fight

The papers you read were wrong. That fight has never been called "fight of the century".
You're getting it mixed up with the Louis-Schmeling rematch, which can be considered a "Fight of the Century" worthy bout based on its importance and that the fight had the largest audience in history for a single radio broadcast .
Rocky-Louis was an underrated fighter coming up against a washed up legend.

 

Happy to find some chronicles of the time to post that said that.

 

[url]https://images.app.goo.gl/9nvhMybw3PyVm6xh9[/url]

Battle of the Kings

People were very very curious about the fact Louis this time would have passed the torch.

 

Your link is very interesting, never seen that before.
However, I question its validity.
It says "For the Heavyweight Championship" which is it was not, neither Joe nor Rocky were champs at the time.
It also says "15 Dynamic Rounds". The fight was a scheduled 10 round bout.
At least they got the location right.
Boxrec: [url]https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Rocky_Marciano_vs._Joe_Louis[/url]

 

The Leslie Stewart Vs. Marvin Johnson 2 fight in Trinidad looked like a pretty lively atmosphere. Wasn't the greatest fight since Marvin was pretty shot at that point, but it seemed like that place was going to come down when Stewart dropped him in round 1.

This content is protected