Joe Louis vs. Paulino Uzcudun

Joe Louis vs. Paulino Uzcudun

Uzcudun was one of the 30's fighters who tangled with Schmeling (3), Louis, Carnera (2), M.Walker, Baer, T. Loughran, E. Schaaf, K. Levinsky, etc.

He finished:
51 17 3

""After the fight, trainer Whitey Bimstein, who worked in Uzcudun's corner, told me that he never saw anybody hit a man as hard as I hit Uzcudun that night,” Louis said. "I was ready for the world."

1935-12-13 : Joe Louis 200½ lbs beat Paulino Uzcudun 207 lbs by TKO at 2:32 in round 4 of 15

• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Arthur Donovan
• Judge: Marty Monroe
• Judge: Charley Lynch

• Photo from the weigh-in
• Fight Photo #2

Notes

• There was a crowd of 19,945 at Madison Square Garden.
• Uzcudun had never been knocked down in 69 professional fights until Louis dropped him with a right in round four. United Press reported that the right hand "landed with such impact it ripped open a gash in the Basque's face large enough to thrust a finger through." Uzcudun rose on shaky legs at the count of eight, but Louis landed three straight haymakers to finish him off.
• "For Louis, Uzcudun was a puzzle that had to be solved while exposing himself to the least amount of danger," Lew Freedman wrote in Joe Louis: The Life of a Heavyweight. "Louis was patient, trying to penetrate Uzcudun's awkward style where he bent forward in a crouch with a cross-arms style and his face protected. Louis jabbed and moved, jabbed and moved, all the while studying Uzcudun's unorthodox methods. It took a few rounds for Louis to figure out his best approach, but when Louis saw his opening and slammed Uzcudun with a strong right, he knocked two of his opponent's teeth through his lower lip."
• "After the fight, trainer Whitey Bimstein, who worked in Uzcudun's corner, told me that he never saw anybody hit a man as hard as I hit Uzcudun that night,” Louis said. "I was ready for the world."
• This was Uzcudun's last fight and his only knockout loss. [1]

 

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