Joe Louis is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and acknowledged as one of the 20th century's great heavyweight champions. His career record in 71 bouts was 68 wins and 3 losses ...
Joe Louis was more than a boxer; he was a symbol of resilience, unity, and patriotism during one of the most challenging eras in American history. His legacy endures as a reminder that sports have ...
Louis finished his career with a 68-3 record, including 54 ... violin lessons when he turned to boxing at the request of a schoolmate. Fighting under the name Joe Louis, so his mother wouldn ...
The following is a feature that originally ran in the Valley Living, a quarterly magazine of the Valley Times-News. Riding ...
Twenty years after Johnson lost the heavyweight title to Jess Willard, a talented young boxer from Detroit named Joe Louis began to rise up the ranks of black fighters. In the first 11 months of ...