Wow!!! I want to thank the producer for bringing awareness to the Melanated people... I had never heard of these men until today and I must say... this is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen... my son will be doing his next essay on Mr. Joe Louis... Here’s a toast to the producers 😘
@@drummerboy1545 if it wasn't for YT you ssying you'd never would've heard of Joe Louis, I think if you'd heve watched HW boxing in the future you'd have heard of Joe Louis the Brown Bomber
WoW 😳 He was the heavyweight champion for a mind boggling 12 straight years... There's no one out there now who will even sniff that record) there may never be ever!!!
He’s the greatest heavyweight of all times by far he has the credentials and the International Boxing Organization through scientific studies concluded that Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight boxer of all times. 25 title defenses 22 of them were won by KO’s and held the title for 12 years he’s the best to ever do it!
@@John-vn1tv Mine too. Simply not just a great boxer & patriot...but a great (not perfect) human being. Greatly appreciated...greatly missed...one of my two Hero's.
I have seen many documentaries about Joe, but this was the best. Many of the pictures, I have never seen before and they were BEAUTIFUL. From what I read, when joe, found out his father was still alive, he got him out of the asylum and the government made him pay for all the years his father was there.
If it was true they made him pay for his father's asylum stay, that was some fuck shit (please excuse my language lol)! I already felt some type of way about him having having to fight beyond his prime and ending up broke in his last years due in large part to taxes. Especially after all that service to his "country".
@@srebrnimedved they really need asylums nowadays, thanks to Ronnie Reagan for cutting funding for mental health at that time , he slashed the education budget, calling ketsup a third vegetable. Now we need thise sanitariums, mental health is still til this day on the backburner.
Its really just mind boggling how great he was, the most perfectly balanced heavyweight fighter of all time. Never more or less that what was needed, he was very resourceful!
Marciano died in a horrible plane crash. Some people say the mob tampered with the plane because Marciano didn't want to comply but his manager was already involved because the mobs hands had tentacles that reached into all aspects of sports gambling. Now you know the rest of the story.
I see why Joseph Louis was call the brown bomber 💣, .They say joe hit you like electric shock.He was.one of the most hardest and the most. Dangerous fighter of the 21 century.Much love 💘 champ 🏆!!🔇♻♋📹📀💒📀📷🅱♋🔇🆎🕦⛲🎁🅾◻◻🚀⚓💒📀🚞📠♎
No you’re underestimating his punching power, Joe Louis broke Max Schmeling’s vertebrae in his back in two with a left hook to the body. He knocked Jimmy Braddock’s teeth through his gum shield was one of the most powerful right hands i ever seen on film his punches for feel like bombs 💣 hence why he was called the “Brown Bomber “.
Of course you mean 60'ish matches, correct? He retired with 58 wins to 1 loss...and that should be how he should be remembered, before he was forced to come out of retirement due to the IRS's Bullshit. Thus ending his career with 68 wins and 3 losses.
I'm pretty sure I read that Burns and Johnson were friends before and after that fight and had both been trying to make the fight happen and break the color barrier for a minute. Burns had a Black Wife and mixed kids back home in Canada. He also trained and fought out of and repped Detroit.
@@truthhitman7473 nobody disagrees with you my friend. By saying what Reba said is no way downplaying that... in fact it's more of a comment that displays the great character of Joe, because what Reba is saying without having to explicitly say it, is that despite of the obvious and disgusting treatment of Joe, and black Americans in general, he would still protect the statues as he was a deep patriot, had such an honorable character and stood up for what was right! Nobody denies that racism is America's greatest sin, and has the most atrocious, barbaric history. However, of the millions of slaves that were being shipped and sold by their fellow Africans, America bought 300,000, where as the majority, almost half I believe, definitely more than a third which I believe would be around 1.2 million slaves were bought by south American countries, namely, and predominantly the big Spanish/Portuguese countries. And the rest were sold to European countries. America made it illegal to own slaves before every other country on earth at the time, as every other country with any worth participated in the slave trade... the countries who couldnt afford African slaves enslaved their own peoples. This obviously didnt stop slavery or racism immediately, and it's still present in the quiet murmurings of sick, disgusting, ignorant people. However the presence and prevalence of today's society is being pushed as a completely false explosion that is still burning as hot as it was 60 years ago, when this is patently false and unfortunately is actually creating and putting us back into segregated groups, while labeling everyone even remotely moderate/centrist politically or to the right on any subject as racists if they say anything other than racism is burning like a red hot fire just like when it was at its worst, even going as far as to say it's worse than it's ever been. I'm not saying you believe this, but by saying what you said you're kind of accusing Reba of ignoring the fact that it was hell for black people for far too long in Americas history. And I believe today, with the majority of the top entertainers, actors, sports personalities, musical artists and other kinds of art, comedians and almost all celebrated aspects of society are dominated by black people, which is fantastic and completely the opposite of what was 100 years ago an almost unlivable place.. now we are focusing on denigrating white people for their ancestors horrific yet unrelated lifestyles to them. If it's just as bad my question is how in the world to you get a black president???? By segregation of ourselves from each other by always putting people into the box of their skin colour I'm afraid that racism is going to increase and become a real problem again, then people will see that what we have today is the most equal society on earth. Not to say we couldnt improve, but we should not be ashamed of who we are. And no white person should ever have to apologise for their skin colour, MLK was saying this very thing at the height of the civil rights movement. Yet it's okay to do it to white people because even white babies are born inherently racist apparently. This is disgusting to think that we are regressing to a past but just opposite, creating so so much more racial tension which is abhorrent and anyone pushing those narratives should be ashamed when they look at the state of america today and then think about the harmony in comparison 6 years ago or so. Not perfection, not everywhere but 99.9% or more and today still nobody thinks racism is right apart from like 30 people (hyperbole) but it's so few of the population. And nobody talks about all the white people sold into slavery for thousands and thousands of years. My fear, and many others: If we forget, and tear down our past then we are doomed helplessly to repeat it!
Primo Carnera was 1/3 louis's weight heavier that's an enormous weight difference. It is unusual to see a much smaller man knock down a much bigger man and see him literally floundering around on the canvas trying to stand up.
Today it is, back then Boxing didn't have as many weight classes so it was a more common sight. There were only 8 divisions back then: there are 17 divisions now.
It isn't really unusual, in most cases most very larg heavyweights sacrifice things with size such as balance etc, they're top heavier and not as fast as well and it works against them to some degree. Smaller fighters get off with punches quicker and get under and throw punches upward getting them off balance.
Working hard, massa started breeding farms for the slaves in 1830 when Britian outlawed international slave trade: the Trans Atlantic slave trade increasing the onslaught of piracy on the Atlantic Ocean. Terrible times where one thing lead to the advent of more terrible occurrences.
@@bossplayermfs5972 there’s photos of the England football team saluting and a few of myself I think, doesn’t make you a nazi what would you have done? Joe Louis was shit on by the us government and relied on financial help from people including max
Louis never paid for a meal the last 20 years of his life. And the IRS forgave his debt you think they would do the same for you ha ha ha ha. Like most boxers he blew through all his money on women Winans song
@@Ryan2022 Saying "Louis never cried about it. Why are you?" is not a great argument especially when Louis was better off financially than most black people in that time in America.
@@Ryan2022 You’re wrong you goddamn damn 🤡 Louis wasn’t a trick he had women throwing the 📦 at him base off him being a famous boxer Gene Harlow and Lena Horne was crazy about him and use to go to a lot of his fights. Stop getting on this internet lying you weirdo incel.
15:30 -- Greatness recognizes other Greatness. Sugar Ray knew that Joe Louis was gonna be pretty good. And Louis later recognized the same thing about the young Sugar Ray.
I've seen the Johnson/Burns fight in it's entirety, a good fight, Johnson just toyed with Burns the whole fight. Until Burns got lucky and knocked Johnson down then Johnson turned up the amps and knocked Burns out.
Not finished typing a commentary abouts a individuals, hers names. Not hers, birthdays. And for gots it.. had it changed, Lana turners, she's be comes. A artists a movies actress, but joes b, Louis, wanted too meets hers, and couldn't becuz.. that's times,.the globals was separated. That's the reason,
@@conor9345 it takes an asshole to say Jack Johnson was an asshole. He wanted to live free, not be discriminated against because of the color of his skin and given an opportunity to fill out his dreams and become world HW champion
He quit a $25 a week job for boxing? That was ok money in those days shoot there were a lot of federal program jobs that only paid a dollar a day or thirty a month. It was a cool that he became a boxer but in those depression years that was real money.
@@aarondigby5054 My reply stands...and it doesn't take anything away from Holmes. Just that the Brown Bomber did hold the title longer and defended it more times, is all my reply was trying to point out. I have GREAT respect for Holmes and all the rest of the greats of the past for what they accomplished during their time.
@@brandonthomas9288 I believe Larry Holmes held the title for 7.5 yrs and 20 successive title defenses. Larry was robbed in both Mike Spinks fight, he never was in any trouble. Larry dropped Spinks to one knee during the second fight, the judges didn't like the disparaging but truthful remarks Holmes said about Rocky Marciano during the weigh-in
Ali, was great, but he was NOTHING compared to Joe Louis and Jack Johnson. A look at their old fights will verify that. However, Ali, was nothing to play with.
IN MY OPINION IS JOE WAS BEST EVER , WHEN HE FOUGHT SMELING THE FIRST TIME HE WAS KOED . IF YOU WATCH THE FIGHT HE LOOKS DRUGED, AND WHEN YOU ARE DRUGED YOU CANNOT FIGHT. IT MY OPINION THAT HIS CORNER MAN PUT DRUGS IN HIS WATER, ALSO THINK HIS CORNER WAS CONNECTED TO THE RISE OF HITLER. WHEN JOE FOUGHT SMELING AGAIN, JOE DESTROYED IN ROUND I. THE OTHER LOSS WAS TO ROCKY MARCIANO. JOE WAS BROKE SO HE TOOK THE FIGHT AT AGE OF 37, HE WAS KOED BY ROCKY WHO WAS MUCH YOUNGER AND WAS IN GREAT SHAPE ALL THE TIME. SO IN MY OPINION JOE LEWIS ONLY LOST 2 FIGHTS
I understand where you are coming from but I don't think Joe was drugged during his first fight with Max. Max simply studied the reels of film (rare to do back then) and saw Joe's weakness....him dropping his left after a jab, which made him susceptible to the right cross. Also, Joe lost to Ezzard Charles on his first fight trying to come back after retirement due to the money he owed to the IRS's bullshit of taxing him to death for his generosity of giving away several of his 1st place prize purses to the Army & Navy relief funds...which was such a LOW thing to do to such a patriotic boxer. So for me, Joe's REAL stats are 56 wins and 1 loss to Max...but after retirement his official record is 66 wins and 3 losses. When Joe fought Marciano, he was but a shadow of his former self (due to the stresses of life, the taxes and his drug use) with basically only his left jab left in his arsenal of what he used to be. Prime Joe...beats prime anyone, in my book...but we all have our opinions.
Joe didn't take Schmelling seriously and Schmelling a good student of the game studied Joe and was prepared, but I felt that second fight was fishy because how could Max be taken down so easily in the rematch after masterfully beating Joe the first time. Joe was a good student also. It's hard to beat a great champion twice.
@@BrotherPatriot Ali, Jack Johnson and Joe Louis, the three best, they can argue and note opinions about all the rest, Dempsey, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, Holmes, Norton, Liston etc,...
Joe Louis was so well named the brown bomber wow that really says it all so much speed of hand and foot and knock out power he was the real deal
Wow!!! I want to thank the producer for bringing awareness to the Melanated people... I had never heard of these men until today and I must say... this is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen... my son will be doing his next essay on Mr. Joe Louis... Here’s a toast to the producers 😘
@@sxywzplease1396 it's always about melanin.
I think of Louis everytime i poop
The "Perfect" Puncher! Champ from 1937 to 1949...25 title defenses...passed away in April 1981 at 66.
Learned about him through RUclips! A hell if a fighter.
@@drummerboy1545 if it wasn't for YT you ssying you'd never would've heard of Joe Louis, I think if you'd heve watched HW boxing in the future you'd have heard of Joe Louis the Brown Bomber
WoW 😳 He was the heavyweight champion for a mind boggling 12 straight years... There's no one out there now who will even sniff that record) there may never be ever!!!
@@aarondigby5054 yeah you are right about that one...
Joe Louis is in the top 5 greatest of all time heavyweight 👑
He’s the greatest heavyweight of all times by far he has the credentials and the International Boxing Organization through scientific studies concluded that Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight boxer of all times. 25 title defenses 22 of them were won by KO’s and held the title for 12 years he’s the best to ever do it!
He's number one in my book greatest heavy weight champion of all time the brown bomber Joe Louis!🥊
@@John-vn1tv Mine too. Simply not just a great boxer & patriot...but a great (not perfect) human being.
Greatly appreciated...greatly missed...one of my two Hero's.
@@BrotherPatriot Joe Louis was inspiration to millions of Americans both black and white. A true patriot and American.
@@aarondigby5054
Fine as wine
When Johnson said he was equal to any man that’s where he was wrong he was better then the average man. A true example of freedom in action.
I know we all have our favorites and sometimes that clouds our objectivity.
Joe Louis was the Michael Jordan of boxing.
He could generate so much power with short punches.
Iike Inoue & the Dragon.
Joe Louis actually taught my boxing coach
Needs more Brown Bomber!!!
I have seen many documentaries about Joe, but this was the best. Many of the pictures, I have never seen before and they were BEAUTIFUL. From what I read, when joe, found out his father was still alive, he got him out of the asylum and the government made him pay for all the years his father was there.
If it was true they made him pay for his father's asylum stay, that was some fuck shit (please excuse my language lol)! I already felt some type of way about him having having to fight beyond his prime and ending up broke in his last years due in large part to taxes. Especially after all that service to his "country".
@@lionzion17 Joe, like to gamble and chase women. He fucked off a lot of his money, but yes, this government did Joe, like a dog.
I hear those asylums were a huge thing back then. A strange phenomenon, perhaps someone could explain?
@@srebrnimedved they really need asylums nowadays, thanks to Ronnie Reagan for cutting funding for mental health at that time , he slashed the education budget, calling ketsup a third vegetable. Now we need thise sanitariums, mental health is still til this day on the backburner.
Simply excellent. I'll be on the look out for part 2 to surface.
Outstanding video / History of Joe Louis & many great boxers of the passed wowowow what great 👍👌 film 📽️ this was 2 CoOl 😎
The police stopped the boxing match with a black man beating the living shit out of the white man, figures.
I Love This!!!!!
Its cool watching how boxing offense and defence has changed as time progressed
Great work
Thank you so much 😀
BROWN BOMBER
Very well done! I'm so proud of my daughter, Phylecia Wilson!! Can't wait to see part 2!!
Its really just mind boggling how great he was, the most perfectly balanced heavyweight fighter of all time. Never more or less that what was needed, he was very resourceful!
Awesome story telling...thank you for this!
A class act and awesome fighter...
Great Video!!!
The great white dope!!!
An outstanding presentation. Really appreciate this. Thank you.
.
Joe Lewis wept over Rocky Marciano's casket at his funeral.
Marciano died in a horrible plane crash. Some people say the mob tampered with the plane because Marciano didn't want to comply but his manager was already involved because the mobs hands had tentacles that reached into all aspects of sports gambling. Now you know the rest of the story.
Even if you didn't like Rocky you wouldn't wish nothing like an airplane crash to be the cause of his death.
You know he had every woman in town with his fine self.
I see why Joseph Louis was call the brown bomber 💣, .They say joe hit you like electric shock.He was.one of the most hardest and the most. Dangerous fighter of the 21 century.Much love 💘 champ 🏆!!🔇♻♋📹📀💒📀📷🅱♋🔇🆎🕦⛲🎁🅾◻◻🚀⚓💒📀🚞📠♎
You mean the 20th century?
No you’re underestimating his punching power, Joe Louis broke Max Schmeling’s vertebrae in his back in two with a left hook to the body. He knocked Jimmy Braddock’s teeth through his gum shield was one of the most powerful right hands i ever seen on film his punches for feel like bombs 💣 hence why he was called the “Brown Bomber “.
HE WAS BIRACIAL. NOT BLACK BLACK.
Fought to 60. They don’t come like this anymore. Dam!
Of course you mean 60'ish matches, correct?
He retired with 58 wins to 1 loss...and that should be how he should be remembered, before he was forced to come out of retirement due to the IRS's Bullshit.
Thus ending his career with 68 wins and 3 losses.
Amazing video 📼.
Amazing video.
Joe Lewis still the most crisp boxer of all time.
I'm pretty sure I read that Burns and Johnson were friends before and after that fight and had both been trying to make the fight happen and break the color barrier for a minute. Burns had a Black Wife and mixed kids back home in Canada. He also trained and fought out of and repped Detroit.
That’s not true, Johnson had to chase Burns around the world just to fight him so that information that you read is wrong.
I never heard none of this always heard Burns was a racist your info has to be wrong
Joe would have protected the statues of Abe Lincoln with one knockout punch ...
That still didn't stop the American society from being psychopathically racist and outright CRUEL against him.
@@truthhitman7473 nobody disagrees with you my friend. By saying what Reba said is no way downplaying that... in fact it's more of a comment that displays the great character of Joe, because what Reba is saying without having to explicitly say it, is that despite of the obvious and disgusting treatment of Joe, and black Americans in general, he would still protect the statues as he was a deep patriot, had such an honorable character and stood up for what was right!
Nobody denies that racism is America's greatest sin, and has the most atrocious, barbaric history. However, of the millions of slaves that were being shipped and sold by their fellow Africans, America bought 300,000, where as the majority, almost half I believe, definitely more than a third which I believe would be around 1.2 million slaves were bought by south American countries, namely, and predominantly the big Spanish/Portuguese countries. And the rest were sold to European countries. America made it illegal to own slaves before every other country on earth at the time, as every other country with any worth participated in the slave trade... the countries who couldnt afford African slaves enslaved their own peoples. This obviously didnt stop slavery or racism immediately, and it's still present in the quiet murmurings of sick, disgusting, ignorant people. However the presence and prevalence of today's society is being pushed as a completely false explosion that is still burning as hot as it was 60 years ago, when this is patently false and unfortunately is actually creating and putting us back into segregated groups, while labeling everyone even remotely moderate/centrist politically or to the right on any subject as racists if they say anything other than racism is burning like a red hot fire just like when it was at its worst, even going as far as to say it's worse than it's ever been. I'm not saying you believe this, but by saying what you said you're kind of accusing Reba of ignoring the fact that it was hell for black people for far too long in Americas history. And I believe today, with the majority of the top entertainers, actors, sports personalities, musical artists and other kinds of art, comedians and almost all celebrated aspects of society are dominated by black people, which is fantastic and completely the opposite of what was 100 years ago an almost unlivable place.. now we are focusing on denigrating white people for their ancestors horrific yet unrelated lifestyles to them. If it's just as bad my question is how in the world to you get a black president???? By segregation of ourselves from each other by always putting people into the box of their skin colour I'm afraid that racism is going to increase and become a real problem again, then people will see that what we have today is the most equal society on earth. Not to say we couldnt improve, but we should not be ashamed of who we are. And no white person should ever have to apologise for their skin colour, MLK was saying this very thing at the height of the civil rights movement. Yet it's okay to do it to white people because even white babies are born inherently racist apparently. This is disgusting to think that we are regressing to a past but just opposite, creating so so much more racial tension which is abhorrent and anyone pushing those narratives should be ashamed when they look at the state of america today and then think about the harmony in comparison 6 years ago or so. Not perfection, not everywhere but 99.9% or more and today still nobody thinks racism is right apart from like 30 people (hyperbole) but it's so few of the population. And nobody talks about all the white people sold into slavery for thousands and thousands of years.
My fear, and many others:
If we forget, and tear down our past then we are doomed helplessly to repeat it!
The. Young. Joe. Louis. Was. Invisible. One. Of. The. Most. Dangerous. Heavy. Weight. Champion
Primo Carnera was 1/3 louis's weight heavier that's an enormous weight difference.
It is unusual to see a much smaller man knock down a much bigger man and see him literally floundering around on the canvas trying to stand up.
Today it is, back then Boxing didn't have as many weight classes so it was a more common sight. There were only 8 divisions back then: there are 17 divisions now.
Only 3 devisions light weight middle weight Heavy Weight
@@lukaobahdiaa246 huh?
He hit like a fucking train
It isn't really unusual, in most cases most very larg heavyweights sacrifice things with size such as balance etc, they're top heavier and not as fast as well and it works against them to some degree. Smaller fighters get off with punches quicker and get under and throw punches upward getting them off balance.
Damn Jack Johnson was build like a tank. How the hell did he manage to build a body like that in 1908?
Working hard, massa started breeding farms for the slaves in 1830 when Britian outlawed international slave trade: the Trans Atlantic slave trade increasing the onslaught of piracy on the Atlantic Ocean. Terrible times where one thing lead to the advent of more terrible occurrences.
part 2?
He was our black role model ,but he became American Hero for chrushing Max Shecmlirng! I can't remember his last name.
Max get's a bad rap for being a Nazi. He did sneak people out of Germany during Hitler's rein.
Max was never a nazi
I don’t think max was a card carrying member of the party very brave of him I think
@@petecernan2568 There’s photos of Max doing the Nazi salute so stop lying man.
@@bossplayermfs5972 there’s photos of the England football team saluting and a few of myself I think, doesn’t make you a nazi what would you have done? Joe Louis was shit on by the us government and relied on financial help from people including max
The history of America is so messed up.
It’s very F’d Up.
Louis never cried about it. Why are you?
Louis never paid for a meal the last 20 years of his life. And the IRS forgave his debt you think they would do the same for you ha ha ha ha. Like most boxers he blew through all his money on women Winans song
@@Ryan2022 Saying "Louis never cried about it. Why are you?" is not a great argument especially when Louis was better off financially than most black people in that time in America.
@@Ryan2022 You’re wrong you goddamn damn 🤡 Louis wasn’t a trick he had women throwing the 📦 at him base off him being a famous boxer Gene Harlow and Lena Horne was crazy about him and use to go to a lot of his fights. Stop getting on this internet lying you weirdo incel.
Awesome in his day. He went on too long to pay overdue tax. it’s a shame he didn’t have a good accountant.
OI! Where is part two? Can any of you help a mate out?
There were 3 boxers who knrew how to punch in those days...Joe....Billy Conn
And Tommy Farr..
The late great Jim Murray was asked if Ali could go twelve rounds with Louis. Murray answered "of course provided he fought him twelve times.
15:30 -- Greatness recognizes other Greatness. Sugar Ray knew that Joe Louis was gonna be pretty good. And Louis later recognized the same thing about the young Sugar Ray.
Guy prolly hit as hard as any 195-200 pound person possibly could. Ever see him hitting a heavy bag ? His punches are mule kicks
✊✊✊
Joe louis 16:44 with his suit look fantastic 😎
where is part two?
Where is second part?
BORN NEEDING MONEY.....NO FATHER NO LAND NO RESOURCES.
I would love to see this fight in its entirety. Johnson vs Tommy Burns.
I've seen the Johnson/Burns fight in it's entirety, a good fight, Johnson just toyed with Burns the whole fight. Until Burns got lucky and knocked Johnson down then Johnson turned up the amps and knocked Burns out.
are there any more amateur footage like here 15:08 ?
Trump pardoned Johnson on any charges.
Not finished typing a commentary abouts a individuals, hers names. Not hers, birthdays. And for gots it.. had it changed, Lana turners, she's be comes. A artists a movies actress, but joes b, Louis, wanted too meets hers, and couldn't becuz.. that's times,.the globals was separated.
That's the reason,
Worked hard on the cotton field was his mom.
Jack Johnson was a asshole but Joe Louis was the best boxer that ever lived and a good man too good bless Joe Louis
Jack Johnson is one of the bravest men to ever live
@@conor9345 it takes an asshole to say Jack Johnson was an asshole. He wanted to live free, not be discriminated against because of the color of his skin and given an opportunity to fill out his dreams and become world HW champion
@@conor9345 Jack Johnson a true hero and legend. Nobody did it better, a true bad ass.
Jack Johnson was no A Hole, where did you get that BS?
Theodore Roosevelt,kinda disappointed in him, for that he can my kiss sketches!!
He quit a $25 a week job for boxing? That was ok money in those days shoot there were a lot of federal program jobs that only paid a dollar a day or thirty a month. It was a cool that he became a boxer but in those depression years that was real money.
$25 a week in the 1930's was good pay, wasn't no inflation. Rent in the south was $5-10 a month.
Nice documentary! But I wonder if all the foto' shown here are real. At least some come across as photoshopped...
Whatever.
Why was it unfortunate that it was 22 years after Johnson ? Seems a poor choice of words...
Larry Holmes defended it 19 times. He doesn't have shit on Holmes.
BS.
He held the title for 11 years and 8 months...and defended the title 25 times.
@@BrotherPatriot I stand corrected.
@@BrotherPatriot Holmes highly underrated, a great ambassador for boxing, a decent family man, mentored by Ali. Give Larry his due.
@@aarondigby5054
My reply stands...and it doesn't take anything away from Holmes.
Just that the Brown Bomber did hold the title longer and defended it more times, is all my reply was trying to point out.
I have GREAT respect for Holmes and all the rest of the greats of the past for what they accomplished during their time.
@@brandonthomas9288 I believe Larry Holmes held the title for 7.5 yrs and 20 successive title defenses. Larry was robbed in both Mike Spinks fight, he never was in any trouble. Larry dropped Spinks to one knee during the second fight, the judges didn't like the disparaging but truthful remarks Holmes said about Rocky Marciano during the weigh-in
Pacquiao
Muhammad Ali is number 1 all who agree thumb up
Ali, was great, but he was NOTHING compared to Joe Louis and Jack Johnson. A look at their old fights will verify that. However, Ali, was nothing to play with.
Yes hes number 1 as well its many numbers 1
The brown boomer Joe number 1
Joe Louis is #1
What he overcame will never be duplicated, no man can catch his resume. Not my favorite, but the greatest. Of course, no question.
These people were so confused. They were superior too blacks but not in the ring? 😂😂😂
Just wait for judgement day the wrath of God that or very hatred and racism in their hearts that’s a sin god don’t like
Marciano Te Mando a Dormir Fuera Del Ring. 😂 😂 😂
IN MY OPINION IS JOE WAS BEST EVER , WHEN HE FOUGHT SMELING THE FIRST TIME HE WAS KOED . IF YOU WATCH THE FIGHT HE LOOKS DRUGED, AND WHEN YOU ARE DRUGED YOU CANNOT FIGHT. IT MY OPINION THAT HIS CORNER MAN PUT DRUGS IN HIS WATER, ALSO THINK HIS CORNER WAS CONNECTED TO THE RISE OF HITLER. WHEN JOE FOUGHT SMELING AGAIN, JOE DESTROYED IN ROUND I. THE OTHER LOSS WAS TO ROCKY MARCIANO. JOE WAS BROKE SO HE TOOK THE FIGHT AT AGE OF 37, HE WAS KOED BY ROCKY WHO WAS MUCH YOUNGER AND WAS IN GREAT SHAPE ALL THE TIME. SO IN MY OPINION JOE LEWIS ONLY LOST 2 FIGHTS
I understand where you are coming from but I don't think Joe was drugged during his first fight with Max. Max simply studied the reels of film (rare to do back then) and saw Joe's weakness....him dropping his left after a jab, which made him susceptible to the right cross. Also, Joe lost to Ezzard Charles on his first fight trying to come back after retirement due to the money he owed to the IRS's bullshit of taxing him to death for his generosity of giving away several of his 1st place prize purses to the Army & Navy relief funds...which was such a LOW thing to do to such a patriotic boxer.
So for me, Joe's REAL stats are 56 wins and 1 loss to Max...but after retirement his official record is 66 wins and 3 losses. When Joe fought Marciano, he was but a shadow of his former self (due to the stresses of life, the taxes and his drug use) with basically only his left jab left in his arsenal of what he used to be.
Prime Joe...beats prime anyone, in my book...but we all have our opinions.
Joe didn't take Schmelling seriously and Schmelling a good student of the game studied Joe and was prepared, but I felt that second fight was fishy because how could Max be taken down so easily in the rematch after masterfully beating Joe the first time. Joe was a good student also. It's hard to beat a great champion twice.
@@BrotherPatriot Ali, Jack Johnson and Joe Louis, the three best, they can argue and note opinions about all the rest, Dempsey, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, Holmes, Norton, Liston etc,...
@@aarondigby5054 That's all debatable regarding the top 3...but for me...#1 will forever be a prime Brown Bomber...!
Cheers...!!!
:D