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Friday, May 25, 2012

Did you know that Joe Louis held the World Heavyweight Boxing title longer than any other fighter in history, 12 years from 1937 to 1949?

Did you know that Joseph Louis Barrow, was known as the Brown Bomber Joe Louis?


Did you know that Joe Louis  was an American professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion?

Did you know that Joe Louis held the World Heavyweight Boxing title longer than any other fighter in history, 12 years from 1937 to 1949?

Did you know that Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 27 championship fights, 26 championship fights during his reign?

Did you know that Louis was ranked as the #1 heavyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization,[3] and was ranked #1 on The Ring's list of the 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time?


Did you know that Joe Louis died in 1981?

 (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981)





In his time as a fighter, Joe Louis had 72 fights. He knocked out 54 opponents, endured three defeats and held the championship from 1937 until March 1949, the longest span of a heavyweight titleholder. Louis failed to regain the championship when he returned to the ring in 1950 and when Rocky Marciano knocked him out in 1951. The man who had been called the Brown Bomber was finished.[27]


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