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Joe Louis. Data de nasc. Joseph Louis Barrow ( La Fayette, 13 de maio de 1914 — Paradise, 12 de abril de 1981) foi um pugilista norte-americano. Considerado um dos maiores pugilistas de todos os tempos, Louis manteve o título dos pesos pesados durante doze anos ( 1937 - 1948 ), defendendo-o em 26 lutas. Uma de suas lutas que marcou a sua ...
Joe Louis. JOSEPH LOUIS BARROW, the legendary "Brown Bomber," is considered by many to be the finest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. He held the world's heavyweight title from June 22, 1937 until June 25, 1948 and made a division-record 25 successful title defenses. Born in Alabama, Louis moved to Detroit as a child and began ...
Jun 19, 2021 · Joe Louis, the greatest of the heavyweights, dies – archive, 13 April 1981 Read more “When he fought in 1936, a lot of white America rooted for the German,” Joseph Louis Barrow Jr tells the ...
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Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow was born on May 13, 1914, in Lafayette, Alabama, the seventh of eight children in a sharecropping family. Facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan, Louis and his kin joined the Great Migration to the North in 1926, eventually settling in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood.
Jun 21, 2017 · Joe Louis became the second black boxer to win the world heavyweight title when he defeated James Braddock in eight rounds in Chicago on June 22, 1937. That was 80 years ago. Louis held the title ...
Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (or Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis) refers to either of two separate fights between the two boxers which are among boxing 's most famous bouts. Schmeling won the first match in 1936 by a knockout in round 12 and Louis won the second bout in 1938 with a knockout in the first round.
