Schedule News Current Champs WAIL! Encyclopedia Links Store Home The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia Joe Louis The Brown Bomber Born: May 13, Lafayette, AL Died: April 12, 1981, Las Vegas, NV Pro Record: 69-3 (55 kayos) Amateur Record: 50-4 1934 AAU Lightheavy Champ 1934 12 Jun Joe Bauer Detroit, MI KO1 (AM.) (Above was Louis's last amateur fight) 4 Jul Jack Kracken Chicago, IL KO1 12 Jul Willie ...

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Joe Louis named SportsCentury athlete No. 11 'Brown Bomber' was a hero to all By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com The son of an Alabama sharecropper, great grandson of a slave, great great grandson of a white slave owner became the first African-American to achieve lasting fame and popularity in the 20th century. Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won ...

No. 11: Joe Louis The Shufflin' Shadow By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would say boy this and boy that, they would light up when you talked about Joe, says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about Joe Louis on ESPN's SportsCentury show (Friday, Nov. 19, 12:30 a.m. ET). Louis, whose 11-year, 8-month reign as heavyweight ...

Courtesy The Ring Louis pounds Schmeling along the ropes in the opening round. Louis Destroys Schmeling in Rematch IT WAS more than a boxing match. The fight lasted a mere 124 seconds. But it's outcome would live forever. The rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling served as the pinnacle of Louis' career and is remembered as one of the major sports events of the 20th century. As the United ...