Joe Louis Could Deliver Powerful Two Fisted Attacks.Keep any one of them at the end of a jab, and they are not so overwhelming. Unlike Louis, they had to constantly push the fight. If any one of them back up, they were like fish out of water. Opposed to Louis, who if a fighter tried to push him back, they were playing into his hands and setting themselves up to become a victim of his vicious two fisted assault. Many Boxing historians, writers, and fans often refer to him as being the greatest Heavyweight Champion in Boxing history. Which is something that can easily be supported by his brilliant career and overall ability as a fighter. Joe Louis was flat footed Boxer and a Technician who shuffled towards his opponents he wasn't a dancer like Muhammad Ali, but even Ali had to stop dancing. Joe Louis carried his hands high with his elbows in with his chin down and he could deliver powerful two fisted attacks. Many people believes that Joe Louis had limitations they thought of him as being strictly a puncher which does not do justice to the man. Joe Louis was the archetypal fighter boxer puncher. Louis could knockout an opponent with either hand. A fighter that packed dynamite power in both hands. Joe Louis: "The Brown Bomber" Boxing Champ of The Golden AgeJoe Louis would deceptively shuffle towards an opponent and ever so slightly step backward drawing his opponents into him. When his opponents came to him, that's when Louis stepped in with his short quick shots to the head landing with full impact. In 1935, Joe Louis fought 13 times in that year, created quite a stir in the boxing world. He knocked out the ex-world heavyweight champion, Primo Carnera, in six rounds. Joe Louis then knocked out another ex-world heavyweight champion, the iron-chinned Max Baer in four rounds. Before losing to Joe Louis, Max Baer had never been knocked off his feet. Louis went on to knocked out Paolino Uzcudun, a fighter who had never been knocked off his feet until Louis KO'd him. Due to Louis setting the pace and dictating the ring geography, this is how he often set up many opponents to be in range for his dynamic combinations. This was a technique that his trainer forced Joe Louis to learn, by the time he was Champion, he had fine tuned it. Joe Louis became one of the most famous boxers of the golden age. He held the heavyweight title longer than any other fighter from 1937 until 1949. The Taxman Forced Joe Louis Out of Retirement Louis came out of retirement in 1950, but lost to the heavyweight champion, Ezzard Charles. Lewis then won several comeback due to owing tax. In 1951, in his last fight, Joe Louis was knocked out by Rocky Marciano. Several outstanding boxers of the golden age held the championship title in more than one weight class. Harry Greb held the light heavyweight crown from 1922 to 1923 and the middleweight crown from 1923 to 1926. Mickey Walker was the welterweight champion from 1922 to 1926 and the middleweight champion from 1926 to 1931. In the late 1930's, Henry Armstrong held the welterweight, lightweight, and featherweight titles all at the same time. The rivalry between middleweights Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano was a boxing highlight of the 1940's. The two men fought for the championship three times. Zale knocked out Graziano in the first and third fights, and Graziano won the other. What set Louis apart from other big punchers was; he could box and fight from the outside, or he could go inside and rip up an opponents body bringing their hands down, thus providing an opening for his short chopping rights to the chin. |
A Trio of Great Champions in the Mid-1950's The mid-1900's. Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Rocky Marciano were three of the greatest fighters of the 1950's. Moore held the light heavyweight title from 1952 to 1961. Robinson was the welterweight champion from 1946 to 1951 and then went on to win the middleweight crown five times. Marciano was the heavyweight champion from 1952 to 1956 and won all his 49 professional fights. However, attendance at boxing matches declined during the 1950's with the rise of television and boxing fans stayed home to watch boxing on television rather than taking a trek down to the boxing venues where boxing matches were held to watch boxers in person. | |
