Joe Louis's live fire exhibitions

Pat did not announce a retirement until AFTER being knocked out by Louis. Presumably fighters are not retired until they have had their last fight. The bout with Louis would have taken a few weeks to set up. since it took place six weeks after Valentino’s title fight do you think Pat had a one week retirement before making a comeback to fight Louis?

I assume Valentino passed a medical examination from the commission before taking part in his fight with Louis. I am curious about the sanctioning of a one eyed fighter against the unbeaten champion being allowed.

It is easy to assume because he went blind in one eye after “his last fight” that it was the Charles fight because that was his last recorded “official” fight. Seeing as Pat was knocked out two months later by Joe Louis in a public fight isn’t it plausible there could be some confusion as to which was really “the last fight”?

Since the announcement of retirement came Only after the Louis bout (instead of after the title fight) who knows what way round it was?

 

No, because when Valentino later sued his manager for unpaid earnings he testified that he had undergone an operation for a detached retina nine months before the Ezzard Charles fight, and that when he faced Louis he was completely blind in his right eye.

 

His last fight was against Charles!lol

 

See post below!

 

Holy ****, aside from being fascinating reading, the article in the first link shares the page with an add for sunglasses that cost $1.95 -supposedly marked down from $8.50. That's quite a bit of money (for sunglasses) in 1950, and I thought sunglasses at that time were still more rare than televisions in homes. (I don't think I ever saw anyone wearing sunglasses in an I Love Lucy rerun.)