Joe Louis is out of this world. 12 year champion - Currently Held Record 26 title defenses - Currently Held Record "He can run, but he can't hide." - Louis
Not only do I believe that Louis was the greatest heavyweight champion of all time, but he was an American hero. It is disgusting how he was treated by the government. Joe Louis was an example and a lesson for all of us. His heart was bigger than the whole world. RIP great warrior...
The IRS did that to him out of revenge and they did the same thing to Sugar Ray Robinson too. Louis and Robinson refused to fight exhibition fights during WW2 unless the black soldiers were also allowed to watch (can you actually believe that the US Army expected 2 black champions to entertain white troops while the black troops sat segregated and bored in their barracks). The army gave in to Louis' s protests and allowed black troops to watch too. (How kind of them). However later the IRS hounded Louis into poverty out of spite. Lucky for Louis, karma took over and Joe met and married a wealthy woman who paid his tax debt in full and got those vindictive bloodersuckers off his back.
misa smith first off please learn to write correctly. Second, they didn’t “spare” minority’s of anything. They wanted to fight a long side white troops yet they weren’t really allowed to fight beside them because they where of colored skin. Lastly, please bring in facts to this argument instead of just saying opinions because the white government of the time did not spare anyone from anything. They just prohibited certain groups from fighting in the war because they where colored.
LEADER thanks for the backup but there really isn’t any point in arguing with her if she’s uneducated🤷🏽♂️. It will be like talking to a stubborn 5 year old who doesn’t understand how the world works
You can tell a man not to gloat over a defeated opponent but that doesn't mean he's gonna listen. I'm sure he wasn't the only fighter that was told that. I believe Louis by nature was a humble person.
@@Tom-dd5lm the legends you mentioned all have agreed that joe was the greatest... Foreman recently was asked the question and he said joe was the greatest
@@Pedro_Le_Chef really? Maybe you know some ukrainian or dagestani fighters during this era? Its just a part of propaganda, like US had/has the best fighters in the world, US championship was very competitive with amazing athetes, but its wasnt a world championship with the best fighters from around the world
@@jamesstevenson5329 What propaganda? Was Arturo Godoy American? What about Paulino Uzcudun, Max Schmeling, Primo Carnera, Isidor Gastanaga, Walter Neusel, Adolf Heuser or Tommy Farr? You are clueless.
Franco Baresi what has that got to do with anything. You fail to take into account huge advancements in nutrition and training. Back then you had one champion with everyone after you. You didn’t get to decide who you did or didn’t fight.How good would fighters back then be good now with the information we have these days. Louis was a shell of himself in the Marciano fight. I don’t think fight goes so easy for Marciano against a prime brown bomber. Give the man his respect. I did read somewhere however that Louis said he would never have beaten Marciano prime to prime
Yes the people loved Joe Louis! Joe did as much to break color barriers as anyone. And, he did it with his fists and humble attitude. Everyone loved Joe Louis. Brown Bomber the most loved champion of all time!
And, yes the Government could not stand all the people loving Joe Louis. Jack Dempsey & Frank Sinatra as well as other celebrities & gangsters, black and white, paid alot of Joe's taxes off for him. But, sorry ass government kept coming after him. Could not stand a Black guy that was loved by all.
German Max Schmeling and Louis were best friends. Max provided financial assistance to Joe Louis 1950 He also paid for his funeral arrangements when Louis died and was one of the pallbearers.
@George Swift Louis donated two entire purses, everything he was paid, for two fights. He donated one to the Army relief and the other to the Navy relief during a time of war when our country needed money for our military more than ever. And the fucking government taxed his earnings and made him give more for decades after the war ended. Money he didn't even have. That's gratitude for you. The USA government should be ashamed of themselves.
I shed tears every time I watch this video. Joe Louis isn't dead. He's in heaven. Living forever. That's not thunder you hear when it's storming. That's Joe working the heavy bag up there. Thank you God for blessing us with such an immaculate human being. We love you, Joe.
When they warned you not to go outside with umbrellas on, it's not because they want you to be thunderstruck, Joe Louis always targeted the bigger ones.
The competition in boxing was at another level at that time. Today most Americans are comfortable in middle class society. Pugilistic sports have done better when poverty was at much higher levels. Poor Americans play sports like football and basketball. The fight game is at an all time low. Middle class kids do mma and martial arts. In boxing today we have bigger fighters but not this type of skill and intense competition.
+F Crucible There's still plenty of poverty and economic hardship in America and the world at large. But while such factors can be conducive to forming great boxers, it's not absolutely necessary anyways. Here's why you're wrong about the "fight game" being at "an all time low": 1) boxing has become increasingly international, so even if less talent has been produced America, that is more than compensated by the fact that the overall talent pool has expanded to a truly international scale. Nowadays you've got many amazing boxers from Eastern Europe (especially Ukraine) and the Caucasus regions (Kazakhs, Chechens, etc) plus many amazing boxers from Mexico and even Asian countries at the lower wrightclasses (Philippines, Thailand, Japan). Even Great Britain is producing greater boxing talent now than in the past. 2) Sports in general evolve over time. The skills and tactics become more refined, the training methods become more advanced, nutritional and exercise science/technology improves by leaps and bounds, and fighters study film and build off of the shoulders of greats from the past. 3) If you're talking about the "fight game" in general, then it has vastly improved simply by the fact that MMA, the ultimate combat sport, has come into existence. Boxing once resembled MMA hundreds of years ago before the Queensbury Rules came into effect and limited the scope of the combat. The fact that we get to see a free-form vale tudo sport in which all martial arts are represented and world class talent participates... that alone makes the "fight game" more interesting than it was 50+ years ago. Boxing is still around and thriving, with many legendary talents competing today, but now we got MMA as well, plus kickboxing, Muay Thai is known to a western audience, and submission grappling, it's a fucking Renaissance Era for combat sports. You couldn't be more wrong in your assessment
@@antoniomosley9410 It's improved in some ways (like greater technology, new mental acuity training, advanced nutrition science, etc) and it hasn't improved in other ways. And the boxing talent is weak right now??? C'mon. There's plenty of outstanding boxers around at the moment. Crawford, Inoue, Usyk, Spence, Lomachenko, Lopez, Beterbiev, Alvarez, Golovkin, Saunders, Smith, Fury, Joshua, Davis, Russel Jr, Andrade, Charlo, and others (these are just some off the top of my head).
Joe Louis was perfect. Never clinched, never ran, and had one avenged loss before being forced out of retirement. His combos were fast accurate and usually ended the fight.
@@clinttigue4726 some say against Billy conn first fight, people said he had a weak chin but I doubt that. Like the original comment said he basically only lost one match in his career, people said he looked sloppy and out of his prime already in his last match of his first career.
Yea Max Schmeling their 1st fight, Joe Louis took 73 flush right hands to the jaw before being KO’d in round 12. But he avenged his first loss with a brutal KO that put Max in the hospital for 2 weeks with a broken vertebrae.
When I was in grade school, all the different grade levels were studying different decades in the 1900’s, and we all had to pick a historic person from that era to make a report/presentation on. My 6th grade got the 1930’s, and I picked the brown bomber as my person... after studying him then, Joe Louis has always stuck with me. RIP to the legendary champ.
Joe had quick hands, great footwork, and bone crushing power in his right and left all delivered with such an efficient economy of movement. Great great champion and a man who got treated poorly and screwed over by D.C.
Louis always had perfect form, compact fast hands. Put his body into his power punches. Those body punches were the things of nightmares. Perfectly placed and powerful. Young Tyson said it's hard to imagine anyone, even Ali, beating Louis.
I was thinking the same thing. How do you beat someone with that kind of hand speed and that much power? Plus he was a wonderful boxer. As cloning goes - you could clone Ted Williams a thousand times, and be lucky to come up with three individuals who could hit .300.
I've watched this countless times and will continue to, this is truly amazing , the footage , the music it gives me goosebumps everytime. Joe louis in his prime is a thing of beauty.
2:21 the most beautiful KO I have ever seen, period. No raw power, but perfect body rotation, distance control and weight transfer from the backfoot. Executed on the highest- and most beautiful form possible. You'll only understand this if you are well known to the importance and right execution of body mechanics in boxing. Thank you Joe louis.
I’m 32 now but I’m glad that I at least know that I had a relative who helped fought for the country and a heavyweight champion. Our hometown courthouse built a statue of him years ago to honor his legacy and hometown. After watching this, I drove to the house where he was born & raised. His great great family members still live there today in LaFayette, Al off of hwy 50 on a long dirt road. My mom’s side always talked about him growing up but I didn’t understand who he was to us until I was about 25.
joe louis has his power punches set and in position before he attacks . That is why his punches are so accurate and damaging . That right cross is razor sharp and hits like a steel hammer . one of the most dangerous boxer punchers of all time !
@@jeromerizzo423 Notice how that person is now gone... I went round & round with it for awhile but I think it finally gave up and deleted it's account...lol.
Homeboy used to make dudes do 360 twirls with one blow. Fuckin insane. And the interstellar theme song over this video just throws it over the top. Fuckin magical
JOE LOUIS. The greatest knockout artist in boxing history. Many, many other great boxers on that list. All are behind this fellow, in my opinion. Joe Louis was trained by Jack Blackburn. Terrific trainer. He and Louis worked together long and hard in the gym perfecting the art of Joe's punching. Nobody ever put his punches together in a more devastating fashion than Joe Louis. A sharpshooter with dynamite in his blows; throwing them at his opponents in rapid fire combination - seemingly able to deliver beautiful blows at any moment in the fight, at will. Flawless. Want to learn how to correctly throw a jab, hook, straight right hand, overhand right, uppercuts, body shots, etc.? Watch Joe Louis. A hard hitting heavyweight with perfect delivery of his blows. Louis is the definition of a textbook puncher; a truly superb knockout artist. Indeed, the best ever. FANTASTIC UPLOAD ONTO RU-vid! Superbly done.
nycinstyle .do you think louis had trouble with movers as with conn and walcot,a prime ali was so fast on his feet,and ali was never ko,ed.does louis beat him on points?
The man's name was 2-ton Tony galindo. He legitimately weighed 250 lb or more. Joe Lewis lifted him off the canvas with one punch. Let that sink in. He's not punching some little 190 lb guy like Rocky Marciano, he's punching a guy off the ground that weighs more than Linux Lewis. People speak of the power of George Foreman. Where he punched 195 to 205 lb Joe Frazier up and then down. Foreman had his feet set when he delivered those upper cuts. Joe punched a man weighing 50 to 60 lb more than Frasier up and then down with his feet not set. I honestly think that Louis is the hardest puncher of all time.
@@adamryamizard5560 Stop hate’n 🤡, the great Joe Louis is rated number one on Ring Magazine’s greatest punchers of all time so get out here with that bull💩 you yapping about.
Wow! I have been watching boxing all of my life and this was the best Joe Louis compilation that I have ever seen. He almost took Billy Conns' head off with one punch that I never even noticed until now.
Joe Louis had stupid power. It was so sudden and snapping like a car crash. There have been a bunch of power punchers in HW boxing history, but no one was as precise, and as jarring when they landed their shots. When he landed clean, it was just so picture perfect, and you weren't surviving his punches. It was how accurate and pin point his punches were combined with his quickness and snap that created that Lazer beam like punching power. His punches are the most beautiful of all the punchers in HW history. Just watch him throw and land his punches. Picture perfect form and snap on his punches. Perfect amount of rotation, hips, leg drive, shoulder thrust, everything was so efficient and smooth, yet so explosive and machine like.
Joe Louis is the G O A T been saying that for almost 30 years!! A perfect fighting machine!! I'll take 12 years as unbeaten over winning the title then losing it and winning it back..
Gary Miller.ive always had the same opinion that louis maybe the best ever,i too have watched and read about him for 30 years since i was 14 years of age.people may question some of his opposition,but that can be said about most champions.louis was so far ahead of his time,best puncher in boxing history
Gary Miller.ive always had the same opinion that louis maybe the best ever,i too have watched and read about him for 30 years since i was 14 years of age.people may question some of his opposition,but that can be said about most champions.louis was so far ahead of his time,best puncher in boxing history
Gary Miller If you’re talking about Al, he only lost it once, way after his prime when he an old man in boxing years. He might’ve been developing Parkinson’s too against his fight with Spinks.
Definitely a dynamic fighter particularly at his day and age. Nobody will ever fill his shoes as far as I'm concerned. His record for heavyweight tittle defenses will never be broken. They don't make fighters like Joe anymore.🥊
Joe Louis was the most powerful and fastest punching heavyweight boxer in ring history. His great hand speed, especially in combination, was awesome to behold. He had a powerful jab, threw every punch perfectly and with wasteless accuracy. His right cross, thrown short and straight, was sheer dynamite. The "Brown Bomber" never ducked anyone as his record 25 title defenses attests to. Of those 25 successful defenses, 21 were won by knockout, 17 of those were ten counts! 5 in the first round! He also knocked out six men who held the Heavyweight Championship of the World. From 1934 to 1949, when he first retired as champion, his record was 60-1 with 51 knockouts. He held the Heavyweight Championship for a record of nearly 12 years.
@@JeffaHensley I'd have to say I think both fighters are considerably quicker than Joe Lewis, especially Muhammad Ali... No contest there in my opinion, but each to their own!
Mike Tyson was easily the greatest puncher. Louis wasn't even close to Tyson. Only Nostalgia would name Louis the best puncher. George Foreman was another better puncher. But Louis was certainly the best of his time
What I really admire about Joe Louis is how he holds himself back. You'll notice in these clips, as his opponents are going down Joe holds himself back and doesn't punch them on the way down. Great sportsmanship really, doesn't do anymore than he needs to to win. Joe is very underrated, everyone knows Muhammad Ali, rightfully so, but not everyone knows The Brown Bomber
He was a "perfect puncher"...his feet were almost always in position to deliver his combinations...champ from 1937-1949...died in April 1981...class in and out of the ring...
Mr. Louis was the best ever. You truly captured what a Champion he was. Your choice of music combined with fight collection, which there were so many, was absolutely magnificent. Your shorts are fantastic.
I remember reading about his death as a 12 year old, remember thinking how young he was,(67) passing away. Because Holmes was about 31 and Ali 39. Time passes ,the best thing you could do is try to attach as many fun memories through the years, before illness degrades you, and death overtakes your loved ones.
This is one of the most powerful boxing videos I have seen! Joe Louis was the real greatest heavyweight champion of all time. He had dignity and class; two things Ali was sorely lacking! Thanks for a great video.
Absolutely marvelous highlight, great job. It's a beautiful video. Joe Louis is the best heavyweight in the history of boxing and top 10 P4P. A true gentleman, a hero of the sport of boxing.
I would put money on Joe Louis IF it was the Joe Louis after he lost to Max Schmelling. He got knocked out and then went out into the woods and trained like a mad man. When he returned for that rematch he was very close to super hero status. I think if you took that Joe Louis he could beat almost any man in that ever wrapped his hands and stepped in the ring, BUT you have to remember, well how to put this, im not one of these silly sons of bitches that look at boxing with bias or a false sense of loyalty to a certain fighter. In other words I look at boxing scientifically. If you took Louis and Marciano, in their absolute prime, and made them fight 10 times. My prediction,as silly as those are in this sport, would be Joe wins 6 out of 10. Thats how close it would be. The real question, the ultimate fight in my opinion, would be Marvin Hagler and Ray Robinson. Who would win that fucking fight.
blackelk7373 hagler vs robinson I agree is crazy... dont seem to see much conversation over it. In my personal opinion I think it is 50/50. U honestly could see it going so many different ways and believe that thats the way it would go. Its crazy. U could go on forever listing the way the fight might go, and then go back on yourself and say the alternate way.
Yeah I agree, only God knows but wow what a fight. Like Hagler and Hearns, when that fight started, at the end of the first round you almost got a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach cause you know if they did that shit for 12-15 rounds that someone might die.
his first run was against a lot of overmatched big tough guys so Louis just focused on getting rid of them with his vicious punches. after Losing the first time he realized he had to up his defensive game and became a more complete fighter. I think he would have beat Rocky before or after though, I just have a feeling he would have got to rocky before Rocky got to him.
I like Joe Louis, but have to admit, the guys he fought hardly had much head movement. Almost like guys back in the day felt like the stronger person will always win and Joe Lois was always the stronger dude with a brilliant centre of gravity for the launch.
@@mjkpanda, that would make the most sense. Most of the full fights I saw was almost as if the opponents thought they could walk through that kind of power and accuracy. He has a sharp eye for the perfect head shot so it would make sense to almost bait him and move as much as possible rather than trying to take that head on.
Great video, this just show how deadly Joe Louis's punching ability was along with flawless and pinpoint accuracy, imo Joe Louis is the greatest HW boxer of all times, thank you Rez for the masterpiece of content #Salute.
Absolutely breathtaking. Soon as I seen a Joe Louis video I was like wow, I hope the video can match his greatness then I heard the music in the first second I said wow, this is going to be out this world. Pulled at my heart strings. Absolutely amazing, I would love to contact you personally.
So beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. Definitely my favorite Louis highlight reel. You know, Joe Louis is one of many examples of how boxing trainers say punchers are born, not made. Not only are the shortness of Louis' punches are phenomenal, he had to be born a power puncher to make such short punches so powerful with such long arms. Thank you Reznick!
Louis was terrific, a knockout machine. His punches were blur-fast, buttressed by knock-your-socks-off power. He certainly ranks among the top five heavyweights of all time.
Joe Louis is my new favorite boxer of all time. I knew he was good, but after watching this video, man...... Joe Louis was the equivalent to boxing what Tiger Woods in the 90's and early 2000's was to golf. Great video
Beautiful montage. Excellent close-ups and slow-mo. Nice blow by blow interspersed in between. Gorgeous. possibly the best highlight reel of The Bomber that I've seen yet. Well done!
The way he lifted Tony Galento off of the ground with the left hook and all the damage he did to the Baer brothers Carnera and Abe Simon are proof that he would have slaughtered many of today’s heavies
@David McFrost Second tier really? Primo Carnera was heavyweight champion who kod good opponents and extremely athletic. Buddy Baer could roll with punches better than any modern heavyweights. How the heck can Lewis beat the likes of a prime Ali who defeated Liston who jabs can ko people? Joe Louis would slip and counter and parry the likes of Lewis jabs with mere ease since he parried Primo Carnera jab who had a 85 inch reach. Klitschko Brothers literally a big stiff who couldn't move as much and fought in a weak era.
@LFC1892 Oh really? Primo Carnera fought at a faster grueling pace while able to have good footwork and wasn't afraid to use his jab to set up combinations. Buddy Baer rolled with the punches better than any modern heavyweight and able to change up his style of fighting. And both heavyweights could fight on the inside. So please explain how the modern heavyweights have better IQ when they can't simply use basic feints.
I am so thankful that we have the opportunity to watch the athletic excellence of this man. I know very little about the sport of boxing, but even I can appreciate the fluidity, the power, the timing and the efficiency that Joe Louis possessed in the ring. What an amazing athlete and human being he was! Thank you for this presentation. It was very well done.
