Joe Louis was born in Lafayette AL on May 13 1914 He was born Joseph Louis Barrow He was the son of an Alabama sharecropper He grew up poor He even had to share a bed with two siblings His father died when Joe was very young His mo ID: 649002
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Joe Louis
By Adam KiddSlide2
Joe Louis was one of the greatest of all heavyweight fighters.
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Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, AL on May 13, 1914. He was born Joseph Louis Barrow. He was the son of an Alabama sharecropper. He grew up poor. He even had to share a bed with two siblings. His father died when Joe was very young. His mother remarried, and they moved to Detroit in 1924. Slide4
Joe was not very good in school. His mother gave him money to take violin lessons, but he used that money to take boxing lessons. He shortened his name from Joseph Louis Barrow to Joe Louis. He entered his first boxing tournament when he was 16.Slide5
Joe won 50 of 54 amateur fights. In 1934, at age 19, he became a National Light Heavyweight Champion. He also turned professional in 1934.Slide6
After winning 27 straight professional fights, Louis lost to Max
Schmeling
in June 1936. He was knocked out by
Schmeling
in the 12
th
round. A year later, Louis won the Heavyweight crown at 23 years old when he won a fight against James Braddock by knockout. He held the Heavyweight Champion title until 1949.Slide7
Louis was nicknamed the Brown Bomber for his right punch and the color of his skin.Slide8
Louis and
Schmeling
On June 22, 1938, there was a rematch between Joe Louis and Max
Schmeling
. Louis had become popular among whites and blacks. Both blacks and whites were pulling for Louis to win this fight. Slide9
Joe Louis was an American. Max
Schmeling
was from Germany. In this rematch fight, Louis symbolized American Democracy, and
Schmeling
symbolized a Nazi Germany. Louis defeated
Schmeling
in the first round by knockout. Louis became a national hero. Everyone liked him because he was a good fighter and also because he was very sportsmanlike. Because of Louis, more blacks became involved in sports. Slide10
Joe Louis defended his Heavyweight Champion title many times before going into the army for World War II. Slide11
Louis retired an undefeated champion on March 1, 1949. He came out of retirement in 1950 to fight Charles
Ezzard
. Louis lost this fight in 15 rounds.
Louis won 67 professional fights and 53 of them were by knockouts. He lost 3 professional fights.
Louis died on April 12, 1981 at the age of 66 from heart failure.Slide12
Louis was the first boxer
honored on a postage stamp.
Joe Louis Monument in Detroit.Slide13
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