The opinion of this writer about the two biggest heavyweight champions was Joe ‘The Brown Bomber’ Louis and Muhammad ‘the biggest’ Ali.
For everything they contributed to boxing, lost years of their goat activity every year.
Start with Louis, whose biggest performance in box was a record of twenty -five title defense. His final record was 66-3 with 52 knockouts. He was born in Lafayette, Alabama, as Joe Louis Barrow, and would later fight out of Detroit, Michigan.
Louis was 54-4 as amateur as a light heavyweight and won the Chicago Tournament of Champions and National AAU titles.
On July 4, 1934, Louis became professional and won his first 24 battles, 20 of which were by Knockout. He would then be stopped from Germany by NBA World Champion Max Schmeling, 48-7-4.
On June 22, 1937, in Commiskey Park, Chicago, Il, Louis stopped world champion James ‘The Cinderella Man’ J. Braddock, 50-25-7, he had to get in the first round of the canvas to stop the champion in 8 rounds. He claimed that he would never consider himself a champion until he beat Schmeling.
In Louis’s fourth defense, he knocked out Schmeleling, 52-7-4, at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx, New York.
In June 1941, Louis had to come from behind on two scorecards and even on the other to stop the light heavyweight champion Billy ‘Pittsburgh Kid’ Conn, 58-9-1, in 13 rounds on the Polo Grounds, New York. He made three defense, which brought the total to 21 before entering the army.
On January 8, 1942, Louis joined the US Army. He would be inactive for almost 3 years. On June 19, 1946, he had his re -broadcast with Conn, with a knockout in the 8th round at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Louis fought for more than two million troops in 96 exhibitions and raised $ 100,000 for assistance purposes. His tax debt approached $ 500,000. In 1950, the IRS 1950 began to build interest annually.
Louis had to come out of pension to pay his tax debt. The IRS never considered the exhibitions he fought.
Look at the punishment of Muhammad Ali for not entering the US Army.
In March 1969, the New York Boxing Commission Ali’s license recalled in September 1970. This was due to the guilty of a crime, or for a military offense, or due to the refusal of the US Army induction.
It took Ali years of inactivity until he fought Oscar Bonavena after receiving a license through the New York Commission in 1970.
Is Ali treated fairly?
Last updated on 06/03/2025
