Joe Louis was probably one of the pioneers of modern boxing. The way he moved and threw punches in beautiful combinations, was probably studied by every trainer and boxer after him. The guy was definitely ahead of his time. I heard a lot about him and read a lot of amazing comments on those "The Ring" magazines I used to buy back in the mid-70s. But now, watching this video, I understand why he was praised as one of the best heavyweights of all times. The guy had it all: technique, punching power, and humility. Thank you for posting this awesome video. R.I.P. Champ!
In actuality it was Gentleman Jim Corbett who was the pioneer of modern boxing. Not a brawler, not a big guy, fought with finesse, knew how to throw jabs, move backward & duck, had combinations & footwork & made big scary guys like John L. Sullivan look awkward in the ring as they lunged. Corbett would get out of the way & get off two or three shots. Corbett lost to a very strong lanky & tall Bob Fitzsimmons who delivered the first solar plexus punch. No matter how big you are, or what skills you have an accurate powerful solar plexus punch can disable you. Fitzsimmons didn't look as dangerous as he was but fighters of that era said he threw powerful punches that felt like they were coming from a much bigger & stronger opponent. Louis is indeed one of the best because he knew how to put it all together to his advantage -- but he had to learn it from somewhere. Lots of what Ali did in the ring Corbett did in the late 19th century. Yes, Ali perfected it. Baer, on the other hand, was a KO artist. In this fight, he almost evened the knockdown record of what he did to Primo Carnera. Though some say when Carnera went down Baer many times went with him. They were both off balance. They don't show that part of the fight too often. Baer was also known as a clown in the ring & in his fight with Carnera he'd ask Primo "do you want to get up first or should I?"
@@lastrada52 yes but boxing with gloves is different than boxing without gloves , I think joe gans is the master and is very nice with gloves and without gloves, of course also Jim corbett
It's not just power but balance that puts you in position to throw one punch after another in combination . Joe Louis had a combination of power , speed and balance that made him one of the best boxer-punchers in boxing history . 🏆🏆
Met Max Baer many years ago when I was working at a car wash in Sacramento during the summer. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. Very friendly; made me feel good. Have never forgotten him.
Wow! I have been watching a lot of these old fights from Dempsey and Baer. Joe Louis really comes off as the most disciplined and well trained fighter so far and he uses that to overcome Baer's brawling technique. There is a reason that Joe Louis is a legend and part of that is evident in this fight. Thanks for putting these up!
frank white Dempsey was a tough fighter. I think if you threw Dempsey, Louis, Johnson , Ali in one era, during their prime to fight, and they never knew each other. It would be hard to pick a winner.
@@frankwhite6482 hey Frank...l love Joe's style too mate, brilliant balance, great counters & gd with ea hand. Have you heard any of Mikes interviews where he was shown films of Dempsey by Cus? Tyson pinched a lot of Jack's moves, yeah he was a mauler & a brawler... but he had pretty gd footwork to plant his punches.
Why does this fool keep saying "Louie" and "Maxy". And no Luis did not have the reputation as a dirty fighter. He was as clean and by the book as you get.
I guess its one of those words in English that sound so similar to others, so to me at least, it would be hard to say Louis without sounding like I am saying Lewis, Louie, Louise, etc..alas I'm not American born so my accent might have to do with that. But its still one of those words. Or it can also be he was being racist and demeaning Joe by calling him"Louie?"..it was, after all, those times.
James Reese The white announcer made the dirty fighter comment because of racism.They hated the fact that black man was champ and had to belittle Joe to make him less of a man. Typical stuff for the time.
Paul Max Shut up. Jesus Christ you people are everywhere. Where was all that racism when he was praising joe for his win, applauding him for his technical skills, and acknowledging him as a great puncher? Yeah, I thought so.
Max Baer was no sissy either… was the ex heavyweight champion … killed a man in the ring …. I guess many of you have seen the Cinderella Man movie too…
I counted 126 punches landed by Louis in less then 4 rounds. That's extremely high volume of landed shots for a HW. Louis landed 53 power punches to Baer's head, 63 jabs and 10 body punches. Baer showed a good chin for awhile but Joe Louis had a heavy punch. His jabs were solid and overall he landed at a very high percentage, I would guess 50% give or take.
@@DJK-cq2uy Thats not good saying many held louis the best frazier was knocked down twice Ali out nearly after coopers left hook foreman was slow a target for joes knockout punches louis isstill number 1.
@@DJK-cq2uy You dont realise how hard louis hit he done the German serious damage in rematch we are talking about boxers who fought louis he destroyed buddy bear who was taller than foreman chopped him on the chin .
@@DJK-cq2uy Are you stupid? Joe Louis Destroyed Max Schmeling in their rematch. You don’t know Who would’ve beaten Louis at This point in his career. Nobody knew. They referred to each of his opponents as new members in the “bum of the month club”. Fact is, Schmeling saw that Joe dropped his hand after each jab and exposed it in the first fight, But that didn’t work out for him in the rematch. Schmeling actually screamed in pain from one of Joes Massive body shots, before Joe KO’d him! Joe Was in fact, one of the greatest champions in boxing and anyone who doesn’t think so is an idiot!
This was Joe Louis at his absolute peak imo. He looked fantastic whereas I could definitely tell Baer had that broken right hand, he's a tough beast of a man nonetheless.
Louis had probably the best form of any of the hard hitting heavyweight champions. Foreman or Liston was most powerful from raw power standpoint, but Louis was the best marksman.
Louis had exceptional balance and was always in position to throw power shots, which is ironic considering a lot of commentators describe him as having poor footwork.
@Al Marcel Archie Moore is a tremendous fighter. More kos than anyone else in boxing. But Louis, IMO, was the better fighter and better puncher. He put his punches together so beautifully with power. Effectively, throwing punches singly and in combination to both body and head. It is such a pleasure to watch him box. Moore must have admired Louis's punching. Textbook punching. If he had a boxer dazed, stunned; that boxer is getting knocked the fuck out. From the jab to the right cross, uppercuts, body shots, hooks, overhand rights, etc. If you are intent on boxing; want to learn how to throw your punches properly, effectively to do the most damage possible? Watch Joe Louis. Langford, Dempsey, Marciano, Moore, Liston, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, etc. A lot of heavy hitting world champs. Moore was a fantastic light heavy who also starched many heavyweights. I think Ezzard is the best ever light heavyweight, but for longevity in the sport of boxing what Moore did in his era is remarkable. 30 was old for a boxer in the 1950s and 940s when Archie was at the top fighting and beating top boxers when Archie was boxing all the way up to when he was well into his 40s. Archie Moore. Here is a 40 something year old natural light heavyweight knocking out top heavyweights who are less than 1/2 his age. Moore and Walcott and Charles and Robinson and Louis are 5 boxers that all the good trainers and all the great boxers today owe a debt of gratitude. They were one of the first who regularly, consistently did things in the ring to kick ass and win fights in boxing: things that are being taught to and used by boxers today.
Joe was A great Gentleman and always shows great Sportsmanship in every of his fights what a nice Guy he was, only beaten losers called him a dirty fighter he was not,
I asked him for an autograph when I was around 11 - 13 yrs old at an athletic event. He looked at me and said ' Never '. A gentleman? More like a piece of crap. That's karma Joe.
Where was Joe Louis so called dirty fighting ?? I have never seen so many brutal clean punches landed to a fighters head and great heart from Max to take most of them. I just cant see where Louis was fighting dirty, nor was he ever known as a dirty fighter..
Honestly, the fight actually ended a 8:00 Baer had no answer to Louis's handspeed and accurate, potent jab. He was struggling to block or evade any of his combinations. He couldn't get his jab or long range game going against him. His last weapon was his best: get in close and pummel Louis until he caves. Right here, he does just that, goes all in, and Joe doesn't just punch his way out, it's Baer who winds up in severe danger. When Baer lost that exchange, the fight was already over. It just took a while for Baer to figure it out.
Baer quit on the canvas. Baer had no jab to speak of, couldn't get out of the way of Louis punches, and his supposed great right hand had little affect on Louis. Perhaps this is a case where we can see the difference a truly great fighter and a very good fighter.
I disagree. Max Baer was fighting with a broken right hand. This was a few months after Baer's loss to Jim Braddock. If Baer was fully healthy, then I think this would have been a much more interesting fight. Max Baer brutally knocked out Max Schmeling, who knocked out Louis.
@dustin barlow That is so true! They called Louis' opponents "The Bum of the Month" for a reason. Louis rarely fought good fighters, and he struggled when he did. He completely ducked Baer in a rematch in 1940 or 1941, you are 100% correct.
@dustin barlow Completely agree. Baer has not gotten his due. I would have loved to see a healthy Baer smash Louis in a rematch. And the fact that Louis got completely destroyed by Marciano shows how overrated he was. Louis was in his late 30s when they fought and people act like he was freaking 50 years old at the time.
@@jameshutchinson568 Max's style was too obsolete here. He couldn't save himself, he held his gloves too low, he couldn't hit a jab, altough he was the bigger fighter with longer arms, his motion was too stiff. Today with a modern training Baer could win against Louis with his physique.
@@somah1470 You might be right about Baer's style. However, if Baer did not have a broken right hand, he might have knocked Louis out. He caught Louis with a couple of hard shots.
@@toddjohnson271 Neither of them would have beaten the greatest all-time PVP early 20th century Sam Langford, the "Boston Bonecrusher", who started out as a featherweight, stood 5'7", and moving up in weight took on the heavyweights, including wins over Sam McVey, Joe Jeannette and even the great Jack Johnson.
Sam Langford was the best pugilist to NEVER win a title, period. He beat the second greatest pvp of all-time, Harry Greb, and surely would've given Sugar Ray Robinson, the third greatest of all-time, one helluva fight.
6:19 Announcer says, "Max Baer taking on Joe Louis for the Heavyweight championship." No, this was a non-title bout. Braddock was champion at this time, having won it from Baer earlier that year. At 10:11 he says Baer won the title from Max Shmeling, that's not right either. He won it in 1934 beating Primo Carnera.
They were showing these old fights on ESPN and Eurosport at the end of the nineties and beginning of the 2000’s so if they didn’t have the original radio commentary attached they would have some guy over dub them. I’m just grateful fir the clean footage on this one.
Every one today forgets about the great Joe Louis,easily the second greatest HW all time,only behind the greatest Ali.Louis still holds the record all these years later for most consecutive title defences by a world champion for any weight division 25.
@@tylerbob4853 Don't know about that, but Louis ranks No. 1 in my book. Most title defenses, beat as many greats, just as much of a stylistic innovator but with a better KO punch and did all he could for the war effort (and was screwed over by the same people)
Ali was a great self promoter but he wasn't in the top ten of greats...his fame was more to do with politics. On the other hand Larry Holmes received substantially less attention but was a far better all round boxer.
The way Joe turned his hips with every punch from left to right is just great to watch ! Even today boxers have hard time throwing with power from both hands. Joe makes it look effortless. Even with today’s size advantage he would be a tough fighter. Way ahead of his time.
I Muhammad Ali would have something to say about that . Ali was in his own way a master boxer who defended his belt with skill , courage and dedication.
@@scottjones9216 Joe Louis doesn't get nearly enough credit nowadays before someone jumps in to talk about Ali. Ali is great, definitely the second greatest but Louis is Louis.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef Both are great but Ali more adversity than Joe Louis . Ali came back and won his title against one of the fiercest punchers in boxing history. He beat sonny Liston , whose power was the stuff of legend to win the title . Ali is a legend and I think his legacy is above Louis but if you think Louis is the greatest, nobody is going to kick you off the boat buddy 🙂
@@scottjones9216 The thing is Ali is way more talked about than Louis so people think of Ali by default without considering what Louis had to go through. I understand that besting Sonny Liston was very impressive, but Joe also cleaned out the entire division and all the ex champions before becoming the belt holder. The weight disadvantage he would have in some fights would be absolutely insane and yet he still destroyed his opposition in emphatic fashion. Both are in the top but for me Louis edges it for the number 1 spot.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef You make a good point about the power . They talk about these big heavyweights like Lennox Lewis , Klitschko, Tyson fury but Joe Louis could knock those guys out cold . Louis is the only guy I have seen where they have to bring in the smelling salts 😊👍
I don't see anything that even remotely indicates he could fight modern light heavies and cruisers- he's slower, has literally no guard and his power only looks impressive versus fighters of his day.
Joe Louis was the best: speed. Power, high ring IQ . Foot work. Could fight on the inside or outside. Had every tool in his tool belt. Could throw every punch well
As easy as Joe's oppositions were to hit, Joe should look awesome. as easy as those guys were to hit. Just as soon as a fighter with some defensive skills like Ezzard Charles came along and beat Joe.
@@aarondigby9859 Not a fair assessment. This was AFTER Joe retired and was forced back into the ring due to the BS that the IRS pulled on him. Prime Joe wouldn't have lost to either Ezzard or Rocky...imho. So think, after many years of being harassed by the IRS, how do men handle the stress of not having money to take care of those they love and also being "in debt" with no way out? Answer: We don't do very well...and it changes us. So due to all this...Joe seeks release from it by losing himself in some drugs and over time, this wears away his skills. So when he returns to the ring...all he really has left of his deadly arsenal is the powerful left jab. So yes, he loses to Ezzard and Rocky...but had he been able to stay retired, his record would have been 58 wins to 1 loss (for me, this is what I consider Joe's actual record to be). Joe Louis held the heavy weight title for 11 years and 8 months....and successfully defended it 25 times! ^^ All records that stand to this day. The Brown Bomber held the heavy weight title the LONGEST in continuous History.
@@aarondigby9859 The logic that whoever Joe beat isn't good because Joe beat them is stupid. If someone loses to the best heavyweight who ever lived they're not a bad fighter, they're just not better than literally the greatest boxer of the heavyweight division. Louis destroyed plenty of guys with good defensive skills such as Bob Pastor, Billy Conns, Jersey Joe Walcott and James Braddock.
1st knockdown with double lead right hands, 2nd knockdown triple left hooks! Man! Joe Louis! Who previous to him was hitting like that in combination. Must of been mind blowing seeing Louis for the first time back then.
Jack Dempsey certainly was, though not as great as accuracy as Joe, he was a quick and combo puncher nonetheless and was often considered the hardest puncher in HW history until Liston
Max was totally outclassed here, he was in good shape but was made to look slow and clumsy. While he was getting ready to throw a punch Joe had landed three already.....
Not true. Or Louis would not have gotten the crap beat out of him by Max Schmeling. And Baer beat Schmeling badly when they fought. Baer had a broken right hand when he fought Louis. He wanted to call of the fight, but his training (Jack Dempsey) wouldn't let him.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef That's just a ridiculous comment. Baer was more than capable of beating Louis. In fact, Max's brother Buddy Baer knocked Louis OUT OF THE RING in a fight in 1939 or 1940. Baer had one of the hardest right hands in the history of boxing and he actually landed some of those shots on Louis in the 1st and 2nd round. If his hand wasn't broken, he might have put Louis on his ass.
@@jameshutchinson568 Buddy baer caught Louis against the ropes. Louis immediately got back into the ring and gave Buddy a hard lesson. Buddy never came close to beating Louis and neither did Max. Max was 26 and he got completely annihilated. He then lost to Lou Nova who Louis beat twice. Max was good, just not as good as Louis.
@@JoseMurillo-ki6yx I'm not. Louis was not nearly as good as Ali, Liston, Foreman, or Lennox Lewis. If Baer did not have a broken right hand in this fight, he was more than capable of putting Louis on his ass.
@@jameshutchinson568 ,well James , everyone is entitleded to show his own opinion. I shall stick to mine .And you to yours. I agree with Ali, Foreman,they were fine .When I was born Joe Louis was the champ. He maintained his title for 13 years . That's quite an achievement. Dont you agree.? Best wishes, James!
@@JoseMurillo-ki6yx He fought mostly weak competition. Hence, why Louis' opponents were called the "Bums of the Month". There were a lot of good black fighters during that time that Louis purposely ducked.
@dustin barlow Joe louis was 37 years old when they fought while Rocky was only 28. Now if you know anything about boxing, you'll know that a boxers prime is long gone by the time he's 37.
Did Marciano fight Sonny Liston? No. Marciano would have been clobbered by Sonny Liston! So lets leave it at that - Joe Louis's was best jab that he, Marciano faced.
Louis was very complimentary to Baer after years went by, saying he could've been the champion if he had a more serious approach to his training regimen. He felt he was a bit too lackadaisical about it.,a real playful personality.
Joe Louis had it all. He said of this match he could have fought all night. Joe's hand speed, cobra striking jab, powerful, extremely accurate combinations, both leading and countering, parrying defense, clever footwork without wasted movement to preserve energy - all unseen before or since. Joe Louis was simply the greatest Heavyweight of all. May his memory be Eternal.
Lewis employed the techniques of a modern boxer. ..Max Baer was an old fashion brawler who offered himself as a free lunch for Lewis. complete mismatch!!
@dustin barlow war or not, Lewis was much a faster boxer with far superior skills than Max Baer, who was predictably slower with his telegraphed punches..none of these fighters were "candy ass" as you so eloquently put it. There were good fighters, and then there were better fighters, lewis 's record puts him near the very top for his time, history proves you very inaccurate
@dustin barlow by time rocky and charles and moore came around , lewis was long over the hill...weak argument, this is what I observed from the 1935 fight. skill wise, lewis had more agility and quickness, true, Baer had more wallop in his right, but his style lent itself to a slower less reflexive fighter..conditioning wouldn't change these characteristics but any slugger could get lucky with one formidable punch. i wasn't around in 35' and i assume you weren't as well. how far back do you go?
Thanks for sharing! Appears that Baer was not into defense and was purely an offensive fighter. He was able to take punches to a certain point. (just my opinion)
You can see that Jack Dempsey was Max Baer's second for this fight... One of my favorite boxing stories ever happened on this fight night - several people in the dressing room said that Baer was terrified of Joe Louis, and refused to leave to go to the ring, until Dempsey told him "You either go fight Louis in the ring, or you'll fight me right here." Baer promptly walked out to the ring lol.
@@bigal2748 That's ridiculous - Baer wasn't half the fighter Dempsey was; hell Dempsey had to re-teach Baer how to punch properly when he started training him because he threw nothing but wild haymakers. Not only was Dempsey also never afraid, but he was regularly beating pros in exhibitions and sparring until he was nearly 40 - he destroyed Tony Galento in 1 round at the age of 38 (and Tony knocked down Joe Louis and had him hurt multiple times in their fight). Also Baer was big, but calling him a giant is pretty silly. He was like 2" taller than Dempsey and was like 6'3"-6'4". And even if you want to call that 'giant', Dempsey made an entire career out of being a giant killer so I don't know what you're getting at.
@@j.l.4054 You're dead right brother. Dempsey was a killer. He often fought just for his next meal in those mining towns where he learned his "craft" He would have destroyed both Lois and Baer in one night
Kingfish Levinsky fought Max Baer a number of times and lost. Levinsky also fought jack Dempsey in a 4 round exhibition and Levinsky won halting Dempsey's comeback. I don't think Max Baer was afraid of jack Dempsey. And Baer would of been better of fighting Dempsey in the dressing room then Joe Louis in the ring 😂
Such a tragedy that he of all athletes in that era, died broke. After beating the Nazi hope, AND giving up some of his purses in the war effort. The IRS went after him because they said that he hadn't paid taxes, he said he gave the cheques away, and our lovely Christian gov hounded him. He should have been acclaimed a NATIONAL HERO! Thats America.
Watching Joe Louis I had visions of Mohammed Ali. The way he circled to the left , jabbing and jabbing as he went . Never stopped moving never giving his opponent time to regroup. Baer had a decent jaw to take that much punishment. He had a hard punch too which he didn’t use enough. He lead with his jaw , had no jab and was a slow moving easy target. No way he was going to win that fight with a pro of the sweet science like Joe Louis
@@striperking6083 nonsense...Iron Mike would have had him on the canvas (or modern synthetic equivalent) in round one...and would have had time to include Joe's ears in a ringside snack post fight.
@@bertplank8011 Ah yes, Iron Mike who lost to every important fighter he fought and got knocked out by Buster Douglas in his prime would somehow knock out the greatest heavyweight ever in a single round. Only in Tyson fanboy fantasy land.
The commentator has it wrong. It was not a heavyweight championship fight. Louis would not be champion for another two years and Baer had already lost the title. At the time Jimmy Braddock 'The Cinderella Man' was the title holder.
Great video. I liked the announcing. I was also fascinated with a Star of David on Max's trunks and the story behind it. Kudos for standing with the Jews against Nazism.
Joe Louis was so great. He was one efficient fighter and was the greatest Heavyweight Champion of all time. I would've loved to see a prime Joe Louis vs a prime Muhammad Ali. What a fight that would've been?
@WolfLarsen85 First of all, he didn't take Max Schmeling serious enough in his first fight with him. Just look at what he did to him in the second fight. As far as Billy Conn is concerned, shit happens. Joe Louis said he saw a way he could beat Ali and that's good enough for me. Joe wasn't flashy like Ali but he was an efficient fighter and eventually would've gotten him.
No way. Ken Norton & Joe Frazier were flat footed and one knocked Ali to the florr & the other broke his jaw. Joe Louis hit harder than the both of them. He may have been flat footed but he moved way better than Sonny Liston.
@@sleazyfellow Actually, I think Joe's 2nd with Schmelling was the most aggressive Brown Bomber we ever got to see. What he did to Max in the 1st round was pure carnage. That Joe Louis wouldn't lose to anyone.
Jow Louis acted like a true gentleman like he actually always has been. He had many chances of hitting the opponent while he was going to the ground but he didn't. The same cannot be said for Max Baer when he found himself fighting in situations favorable to him: he always wrongly hit the opponent who was already going to the mat. And in some encounters it is seen hitting the already squatted opponent.
Wow what a tape (excluding ths audio) what a force louis was taking those punches in round 1. That power with the tightest punches I probably ever saw and the head movement all ofcourse in that era. P4p #1 or #2 for me
This shows Joe Louis definitely inspired Ali’s style somewhat, the jab while circling around the ring shows it Louis and Ray Robinson definitely inspired Ali
Two things that this commentator has very wrong are as follows:- 1. Joe Louis was NEVER a dirty fighter. He was known as always observing the rules. 2. Max Baer did not win the world title by a tenth round stoppage of Max Schmeling. He got his title shot by stopping Scmeling, but it was the 'Comedy Fight' in which Max Baer beat Primo Carnera, flooring him eleven times in eleven rounds to win the belt. If you want to provide commentary, then at least get your facts straight!
+movie fan hits after the bell are very common in boxing; you see it often at some point in nearly every single professional bout. Boxers don't hear the bell ringing, usually. The ref is responsible for breaking the fighters up at the end of the round. As for any low blows, I never saw Joe Louis throw any low blows in his professional bouts. However, low blows do happen all the time, so I would consider it to be an accident.
@@MrJoking4fun Correct. Louis did hit Schmeling low late in the first fight and was warned by referee Donavan, but by late in the fight Louis was very much battered and no doubt the low blows were accidental.
Max's brother Buddy knocked Louis out of the ring in the first round but Louis came back had Buddy down 3 times in the 6th but his corner claimed illegal punch after the bell so it was ruled a nc....rematch Louis 1st round ko he was even bigger than Max
Baer froze up in the dressing room before this fight and his pal Jack Dempsey had to talk him down. Louis said this was his best fight as far as accuracy of punches is concerned. Louis said that the right hand Baer hit him with was the hardest he ever took, but he added "it came after the bell".
Baer was also fighting with a broken right hand. He wanted to postpone the fight, but his trainer Jack Dempsey wouldn't let him. A fully healthy Baer was definitely capable of beating Louis.
This guy commentating on the fight is an idiot. Jack Sharkey said this about Louis (not Lewie!) "Joe Louis was the cleanest, nicest fighter I ever fought". Louis never, ever had a reputation as a dirty fighter. And if you watch this fight it's Baer who gets warned a few times for "heeling", hitting with the back of his glove. Baer was not dirty either, but in this fight he clearly was out-classed, had frozen in the dressing room. After the fist few hard punches he took in the first round he seemed to get gun shy. And pretty much quit in the 4th round, taking the 10 count on one knee. Smart move.
There's a story that came out of of the Baer camp - Baer was so afraid of Louis that he refused to leave the dressing room until Jack Dempsey (who was serving as his second for the fight) told him "You either go out and fight Louis in the ring, or you'll fight me right here." at which point Baer finally walked out to the ring. One of my favorite boxing stories ever.
@@bigal2748 Yes but I had read a story that Baer "froze" in his dressing room before entering the ring and Dempsey had to calm him. I think he was genuinely intimidated by Louis. Watching Louis take Carnera apart probably contributed to that.
@@j.l.4054 there was also his quote about before the fight, something to the effect of "I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early."
The commentator is wrong. This fight wasn’t for the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Max Baer just had lost his title a few months ago. The Heavyweight Champion at that time was James J. Braddock who defeated Baer. Joe Louis was a rising star until Max Schmeling knocked him out in 1936, his first defeat. Louis became World Champion after defeating James J. Braddock in 1937. Nuff said !!!
@@basteagui , that is great. But if you were at the fight, you didn't hear the announcer on the radio. Whoever this announcer is, he's a disgrace. As the original post by TWS1956 stated, he can't even pronounce the name of Joe Louis properly. The ring announcer correctly calls him "Louis", but the blow-by-blow guy wasn't paying attention to that or anything else, calling him "Looie." Also, he says Baer won the tile by beating Max Schmeling. The Schmeling fight was a non-title fight , and Baer won the championship in his following fight by beating Primo Carnera.
I hate when so- called commentators make unsubstantiated statements like, “He (Louis) has a reputation as a dirty fighter.” He had a reputation as a dirty fighter, according to whom? Louis was not a dirty fighter, especially not, for his day.
Very clear that Baer simply did not want to continue in the 4th round. The 3rd round knock-downs were brutal, and overall Louis beating Baer to a pulp, but the actual KO was Baer's decision. He decided belatedly to go down from that right and then decided, on one knee, not to beat the count. Then he got up and he was fundamentally un-hurt. It was a smart decision on Baer's part. Who wants to get beaten up in a clearly hopeless cause?
Art Donovan Jr. Once asked Max Baer what it was like to be hit by Joe Louis, and Baer replied, "Lika a bomb exploding in your face." Joe and Max were good friends, and highly respected each other.
I read somewhere Baer said he didn't continue because ... "People are gonna have to pay more than $50 to see my execution " fuckin well said I'd do the same hahaha 😂
Absolutely amazing battle between to prominent gladiators, you can see how max baer was a raw powerful slugger, but joe Louis just had alot more fundamentals going for him such as understanding his range, knowing when and where to throw his punches, his punches were always short, sharp, accurate, and when he had you hurt you were finished, joe Louis has to be one if not the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time.
Johnny Blaze89 Max was past his prime. Those fighters then, got you out. They didn’t compete just for money, they loved fighting, even at bars , in between towns. These guys were tough.
Not everyone in the UK at the time pronounced it like that , I heard a few folk down London way use the expression, but it was always louis to us , Max was never the same fighter after causing an opponents death, Joe was of course a superman and the essence of cool. And of course the fight commentary is a English add on decades later
![Joe Louis vs James J. Braddock ᴴᴰ [FULL FIGHT]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LNfHZF5GoUg/mqdefault.jpg)
Joe Louis was probably one of the pioneers of modern boxing. The way he moved and threw punches in beautiful combinations, was probably studied by every trainer and boxer after him. The guy was definitely ahead of his time. I heard a lot about him and read a lot of amazing comments on those "The Ring" magazines I used to buy back in the mid-70s. But now, watching this video, I understand why he was praised as one of the best heavyweights of all times. The guy had it all: technique, punching power, and humility. Thank you for posting this awesome video. R.I.P. Champ!
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In actuality it was Gentleman Jim Corbett who was the pioneer of modern boxing.
Not a brawler, not a big guy, fought with finesse, knew how to throw jabs, move backward & duck, had combinations & footwork & made big scary guys like John L. Sullivan look awkward in the ring as they lunged. Corbett would get out of the way & get off two or three shots.
Corbett lost to a very strong lanky & tall Bob Fitzsimmons who delivered the first solar plexus punch. No matter how big you are, or what skills you have an accurate powerful solar plexus punch can disable you. Fitzsimmons didn't look as dangerous as he was but fighters of that era said he threw powerful punches that felt like they were coming from a much bigger & stronger opponent.
Louis is indeed one of the best because he knew how to put it all together to his advantage -- but he had to learn it from somewhere. Lots of what Ali did in the ring Corbett did in the late 19th century. Yes, Ali perfected it.
Baer, on the other hand, was a KO artist. In this fight, he almost evened the knockdown record of what he did to Primo Carnera. Though some say when Carnera went down Baer many times went with him. They were both off balance. They don't show that part of the fight too often.
Baer was also known as a clown in the ring & in his fight with Carnera he'd ask Primo "do you want to get up first or should I?"
@@lastrada52 yes but boxing with gloves is different than boxing without gloves , I think joe gans is the master and is very nice with gloves and without gloves, of course also Jim corbett
It's not just power but balance that puts you in position to throw one punch after another in combination . Joe Louis had a combination of power , speed and balance that made him one of the best boxer-punchers in boxing history . 🏆🏆
Bah: eso es cuento de caminos chinos.
Met Max Baer many years ago when I was working at a car wash in Sacramento during the summer. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. Very friendly; made me feel good. Have never forgotten him.
You mean Jr, cause Sr died in 1959.
@@armybeef68He said MANY YEARS ago...
Bollocks
@@oscarfernandez6687some people can't read lololololol
Thanks for your service to our Country Joe . RIP
True Americans hero
Great Fighters and in 1935,Wow to be watching this in 2019 is amazing and an honor, Thank You Very Much For This Great Fight.
heavyweights?
@@paulvon2378 Yes whether you like it or not they were heavyweights that could kick today's boxers azz.
Joe Louis was around 200 pounds
Wow! I have been watching a lot of these old fights from Dempsey and Baer. Joe Louis really comes off as the most disciplined and well trained fighter so far and he uses that to overcome Baer's brawling technique. There is a reason that Joe Louis is a legend and part of that is evident in this fight. Thanks for putting these up!
That's because joe Louis grew up boxing and Dempsey didn't
frank white Dempsey was a tough fighter. I think if you threw Dempsey, Louis, Johnson , Ali in one era, during their prime to fight, and they never knew each other. It would be hard to pick a winner.
@@Flash-yr9ct Ali would win for sure
@@frankwhite6482 Dempsey grew up fighting which sure is a big part of boxing
@@frankwhite6482 hey Frank...l love Joe's style too mate, brilliant balance, great counters & gd with ea hand.
Have you heard any of Mikes interviews where he was shown films of Dempsey by Cus?
Tyson pinched a lot of Jack's moves, yeah he was a mauler & a brawler... but he had pretty gd footwork to plant his punches.
Joe Louis was one heck of a fighter. Tremendous hand speed.
Yes, and his reflexes and judgment were fast and unerring.
I think his head movement could be better comparing him to the other legends but his hand speed and how fast he set up combinations is Amazing
Why does this fool keep saying "Louie" and "Maxy". And no Luis did not have the reputation as a dirty fighter. He was as clean and by the book as you get.
max was very dirty go watch his fight with schmeling
I guess its one of those words in English that sound so similar to others, so to me at least, it would be hard to say Louis without sounding like I am saying Lewis, Louie, Louise, etc..alas I'm not American born so my accent might have to do with that. But its still one of those words. Or it can also be he was being racist and demeaning Joe by calling him"Louie?"..it was, after all, those times.
James Reese The white announcer made the dirty fighter comment because of racism.They hated the fact that black man was champ and had to belittle Joe to make him less of a man. Typical stuff for the time.
He also said that Baer won the title from Schmeling. Not correct. Baer took the title of Carnera.
Paul Max Shut up. Jesus Christ you people are everywhere. Where was all that racism when he was praising joe for his win, applauding him for his technical skills, and acknowledging him as a great puncher? Yeah, I thought so.
Max Baer said "Fear is looking across the ring at Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early"
Haha great quote
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Powerful quote
Jethro bodine father, max Baer
Max Baer was no sissy either… was the ex heavyweight champion … killed a man in the ring …. I guess many of you have seen the Cinderella Man movie too…
I counted 126 punches landed by Louis in less then 4 rounds. That's extremely high volume of landed shots for a HW. Louis landed 53 power punches to Baer's head, 63 jabs and 10 body punches. Baer showed a good chin for awhile but Joe Louis had a heavy punch. His jabs were solid and overall he landed at a very high percentage, I would guess 50% give or take.
Joe Louis the best boxer, the best jab, equal knockout power in either hand.....One of the best to ever step into the ring !
@@DJK-cq2uy Thats not good saying many held louis the best frazier was knocked down twice Ali out nearly after coopers left hook foreman was slow a target for joes knockout punches louis isstill number 1.
@@thecurlew7403 pffft. You must be joking!!!! Please be serious
@@DJK-cq2uy You dont realise how hard louis hit he done the German serious damage in rematch we are talking about boxers who fought louis he destroyed buddy bear who was taller than foreman chopped him on the chin .
@@DJK-cq2uy Are you stupid? Joe Louis Destroyed Max Schmeling in their rematch. You don’t know Who would’ve beaten Louis at This point in his career. Nobody knew. They referred to each of his opponents as new members in the “bum of the month club”. Fact is, Schmeling saw that Joe dropped his hand after each jab and exposed it in the first fight, But that didn’t work out for him in the rematch. Schmeling actually screamed in pain from one of Joes Massive body shots, before Joe KO’d him! Joe Was in fact, one of the greatest champions in boxing and anyone who doesn’t think so is an idiot!
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This was Joe Louis at his absolute peak imo. He looked fantastic whereas I could definitely tell Baer had that broken right hand, he's a tough beast of a man nonetheless.
No wonder his son became a double-naught spy.
Max's son was Jethro in the Beverly Hillbillies TV series
Seriously!???
Totally cool that you are posting these great old fights for us to enjoy. 👏🏼👏🏼
Joe Louis was Devastating. I liked and Felt Sorry for Max Bear. He was a Legend. Joe Louis was very Special.
Not me Bear was a dirty fighter and didn't care if he killed you got what he deserved
You know Joe Louis was great when you see a marble statue of him in Caesars Palace.
It's actually kinda sad. After he retired with nothing he had to work as a host/greeter for casinos.
Statues of George Floyd prove greatness
@@weezy12345 ??
@@peekaboo2288 There's always that person that has to bring George Floyd up for no reason.
Yeah. Joe helped gov sell war bonds, and the IRS hounded him.
Gov no class
Louis had probably the best form of any of the hard hitting heavyweight champions. Foreman or Liston was most powerful from raw power standpoint, but Louis was the best marksman.
Louis had exceptional balance and was always in position to throw power shots, which is ironic considering a lot of commentators describe him as having poor footwork.
Greatest knockout artist in boxing, any weight, all time = Joe Louis.
@Al Marcel Archie Moore is a tremendous fighter. More kos than anyone else in boxing. But Louis, IMO, was the better fighter and better puncher. He put his punches together so beautifully with power. Effectively, throwing punches singly and in combination to both body and head. It is such a pleasure to watch him box. Moore must have admired Louis's punching.
Textbook punching. If he had a boxer dazed, stunned; that boxer is getting knocked the fuck out. From the jab to the right cross, uppercuts, body shots, hooks, overhand rights, etc. If you are intent on boxing; want to learn how to throw your punches properly, effectively to do the most damage possible? Watch Joe Louis.
Langford, Dempsey, Marciano, Moore, Liston, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, etc. A lot of heavy hitting world champs. Moore was a fantastic light heavy who also starched many heavyweights. I think Ezzard is the best ever light heavyweight, but for longevity in the sport of boxing what Moore did in his era is remarkable. 30 was old for a boxer in the 1950s and 940s when Archie was at the top fighting and beating top boxers when Archie was boxing all the way up to when he was well into his 40s.
Archie Moore. Here is a 40 something year old natural light heavyweight knocking out top heavyweights who are less than 1/2 his age.
Moore and Walcott and Charles and Robinson and Louis are 5 boxers that all the good trainers and all the great boxers today owe a debt of gratitude. They were one of the first who regularly, consistently did things in the ring to kick ass and win fights in boxing: things that are being taught to and used by boxers today.
Right man
He had that combination of speed, Power, Precision, and timing
Baer could really take a punch. He proved it the whole fight.
No other heavyweight in boxing history could of withstood those punches that long . Baer had a hell of a chin
Louis had a hell of a jab!!
Don K, Louis had a hell of everything. A most fearsome fighter.
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 true words!!
Yeah. . Like a punching bag.
That really was a good fight, but Joe was too much for Max. Joe Louis was a GREAT American and one of the all time great fighters.
And Max Baer was a great Israeli. (:
That Joe Louis of that day would even beat a prime Mike Tyson
Too bad the people that ran this country didn’t love him
Joe was A great Gentleman and always shows great Sportsmanship in every of his fights what a nice Guy he was, only beaten losers called him a dirty fighter he was not,
On the first knockdown, he could have hit Baer twice more before he actually went down, but he didn't.
@@NilezII grandes
I asked him for an autograph when I was around 11 - 13 yrs old at an athletic event. He looked at me and said ' Never '. A gentleman? More like a piece of crap. That's karma Joe.
how old was he
how old was he frank?
Where was Joe Louis so called dirty fighting ??
I have never seen so many brutal clean punches landed to a fighters head and great heart from Max to take most of them. I just cant see where Louis was fighting dirty, nor was he ever known as a dirty fighter..
I believe it was just the opposite. Baer was known as a dirty fighter.
No, the guy commentating, he most likely got the names mixed and was talking about Max when he said that.
I think it's an expression meaning he was great
Yeah, that's news to me too. I've read plenty of boxing history and I've never read anything about Louis fighting in a dirty manner.
Amazing to see this fight !! I can't believe this is on UA-cam!!! Thank you so much for this. Hope I've found a hidden gem, hope there's more fights ❤
Baer blocked all of Joes punches with his face
But what exactly was he blocking them from hitting?? Riddle me that.
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moeharvard ...And How....
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He hit Louis on the fist with his chin
Honestly, the fight actually ended a 8:00
Baer had no answer to Louis's handspeed and accurate, potent jab. He was struggling to block or evade any of his combinations. He couldn't get his jab or long range game going against him. His last weapon was his best: get in close and pummel Louis until he caves. Right here, he does just that, goes all in, and Joe doesn't just punch his way out, it's Baer who winds up in severe danger. When Baer lost that exchange, the fight was already over. It just took a while for Baer to figure it out.
Baer quit on the canvas. Baer had no jab to speak of, couldn't get out of the way of Louis punches, and his supposed great right hand had little affect on Louis. Perhaps this is a case where we can see the difference a truly great fighter and a very good fighter.
@@ronalds.658 I’ve always thought Baer had a good jab. He could’ve been a great heavyweight, if he took the sport seriously.
The Brown Bomber was the best. His combinations were quick, clean and he could put them to sleep with either hand.
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MAX WAS BIG AND BRUTAL HOWEVER HE JUST WASN'T READY FOR THIS NEW STATE OF THE ART SCIENCE KNOWN AS JOE LOUIS.
I disagree. Max Baer was fighting with a broken right hand. This was a few months after Baer's loss to Jim Braddock. If Baer was fully healthy, then I think this would have been a much more interesting fight. Max Baer brutally knocked out Max Schmeling, who knocked out Louis.
@dustin barlow That is so true! They called Louis' opponents "The Bum of the Month" for a reason. Louis rarely fought good fighters, and he struggled when he did. He completely ducked Baer in a rematch in 1940 or 1941, you are 100% correct.
@dustin barlow Completely agree. Baer has not gotten his due. I would have loved to see a healthy Baer smash Louis in a rematch. And the fact that Louis got completely destroyed by Marciano shows how overrated he was. Louis was in his late 30s when they fought and people act like he was freaking 50 years old at the time.
@@jameshutchinson568 Max's style was too obsolete here. He couldn't save himself, he held his gloves too low, he couldn't hit a jab, altough he was the bigger fighter with longer arms, his motion was too stiff. Today with a modern training Baer could win against Louis with his physique.
@@somah1470 You might be right about Baer's style. However, if Baer did not have a broken right hand, he might have knocked Louis out. He caught Louis with a couple of hard shots.
No wasted motion. Power in both hands. Greatest Heavyweight of all time.
Ali would have got him.....
@@toddjohnson271 Neither of them would have beaten the greatest all-time PVP early 20th century Sam Langford, the "Boston Bonecrusher", who started out as a featherweight, stood 5'7", and moving up in weight took on the heavyweights, including wins over Sam McVey, Joe Jeannette and even the great Jack Johnson.
Sam Langford was the best pugilist to NEVER win a title, period. He beat the second greatest pvp of all-time, Harry Greb, and surely would've given Sugar Ray Robinson, the third greatest of all-time, one helluva fight.
@@hummuna69demetz29 Perhaps......just pretty positive that prime Ali would have destroyed prime Joe Louis.
2nd greatest. Ali beat every monster put in front of him
6:19 Announcer says, "Max Baer taking on Joe Louis for the Heavyweight championship." No, this was a non-title bout. Braddock was champion at this time, having won it from Baer earlier that year. At 10:11 he says Baer won the title from Max Shmeling, that's not right either. He won it in 1934 beating Primo Carnera.
Great footage...shame about the fake 'modern commentary'....embarrassing
They were showing these old fights on ESPN and Eurosport at the end of the nineties and beginning of the 2000’s so if they didn’t have the original radio commentary attached they would have some guy over dub them. I’m just grateful fir the clean footage on this one.
Every one today forgets about the great Joe Louis,easily the second greatest HW all time,only behind the greatest Ali.Louis still holds the record all these years later for most consecutive title defences by a world champion for any weight division 25.
Ali, doesn't hold a candle to Joe Louis. Ali had fixed fights
Louis is the greatest
@@tylerbob4853 Don't know about that, but Louis ranks No. 1 in my book. Most title defenses, beat as many greats, just as much of a stylistic innovator but with a better KO punch and did all he could for the war effort (and was screwed over by the same people)
Ali was a great self promoter but he wasn't in the top ten of greats...his fame was more to do with politics.
On the other hand Larry Holmes received substantially less attention but was a far better all round boxer.
Louis would hurt Ali with his powerful accurate jabs and finish him after Ali stops dancing. Both great heavyweights but Louis is goat.
The way Joe turned his hips with every punch from left to right is just great to watch ! Even today boxers have hard time throwing with power from both hands. Joe makes it look effortless. Even with today’s size advantage he would be a tough fighter. Way ahead of his time.
Watching prime Louis was a thing of beauty. Greatest heavyweight of all time!
I Muhammad Ali would have something to say about that . Ali was in his own way a master boxer who defended his belt with skill , courage and dedication.
@@scottjones9216 Joe Louis doesn't get nearly enough credit nowadays before someone jumps in to talk about Ali.
Ali is great, definitely the second greatest but Louis is Louis.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef Both are great but Ali more adversity than Joe Louis . Ali came back and won his title against one of the fiercest punchers in boxing history. He beat sonny Liston , whose power was the stuff of legend to win the title . Ali is a legend and I think his legacy is above Louis but if you think Louis is the greatest, nobody is going to kick you off the boat buddy 🙂
@@scottjones9216 The thing is Ali is way more talked about than Louis so people think of Ali by default without considering what Louis had to go through.
I understand that besting Sonny Liston was very impressive, but Joe also cleaned out the entire division and all the ex champions before becoming the belt holder. The weight disadvantage he would have in some fights would be absolutely insane and yet he still destroyed his opposition in emphatic fashion.
Both are in the top but for me Louis edges it for the number 1 spot.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef You make a good point about the power . They talk about these big heavyweights like Lennox Lewis , Klitschko, Tyson fury but Joe Louis could knock those guys out cold . Louis is the only guy I have seen where they have to bring in the smelling salts 😊👍
In my opium Joe Louis was a hundred years in boxing skills before his time and the greatest heavyweight boxer that ever lived!
I don't see anything that even remotely indicates he could fight modern light heavies and cruisers- he's slower, has literally no guard and his power only looks impressive versus fighters of his day.
And what does this have to do with your opium??
U r on opium alright
Your opium? Did you lose it somewhere?
@@JeffaHensley
He lost it somewhere alright. The atmosphere.
Joe Louis was the best: speed. Power, high ring IQ . Foot work. Could fight on the inside or outside. Had every tool in his tool belt. Could throw every punch well
As easy as Joe's oppositions were to hit, Joe should look awesome. as easy as those guys were to hit. Just as soon as a fighter with some defensive skills like Ezzard Charles came along and beat Joe.
@@aarondigby9859 Not a fair assessment.
This was AFTER Joe retired and was forced back into the ring due to the BS that the IRS pulled on him.
Prime Joe wouldn't have lost to either Ezzard or Rocky...imho.
So think, after many years of being harassed by the IRS, how do men handle the stress of not having money to take care of those they love and also being "in debt" with no way out?
Answer: We don't do very well...and it changes us.
So due to all this...Joe seeks release from it by losing himself in some drugs and over time, this wears away his skills. So when he returns to the ring...all he really has left of his deadly arsenal is the powerful left jab.
So yes, he loses to Ezzard and Rocky...but had he been able to stay retired, his record would have been 58 wins to 1 loss (for me, this is what I consider Joe's actual record to be).
Joe Louis held the heavy weight title for 11 years and 8 months....and successfully defended it 25 times!
^^ All records that stand to this day. The Brown Bomber held the heavy weight title the LONGEST in continuous History.
@@aarondigby9859 The logic that whoever Joe beat isn't good because Joe beat them is stupid. If someone loses to the best heavyweight who ever lived they're not a bad fighter, they're just not better than literally the greatest boxer of the heavyweight division.
Louis destroyed plenty of guys with good defensive skills such as Bob Pastor, Billy Conns, Jersey Joe Walcott and James Braddock.
1st knockdown with double lead right hands, 2nd knockdown triple left hooks! Man! Joe Louis! Who previous to him was hitting like that in combination. Must of been mind blowing seeing Louis for the first time back then.
Jack Dempsey certainly was, though not as great as accuracy as Joe, he was a quick and combo puncher nonetheless and was often considered the hardest puncher in HW history until Liston
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Max was totally outclassed here, he was in good shape but was made to look slow and clumsy. While he was getting ready to throw a punch Joe had landed three already.....
This rumble was GREAT a championship fight if there was ever one
Max Baer was a pure slugger. To say his boxing skills were weak is a gross understatement, as evidenced by Braddock’s and Louis’ decisive victories.
Any aspiring amateur should watch how Joe Louis fights....very very strong orthodox foundations.
What a good boxing match, thanks for the upload.
Joe Louis was ahead of his time. He was scientific and unbelievable with his punching combos. These guys never had a chance.
Not true. Or Louis would not have gotten the crap beat out of him by Max Schmeling. And Baer beat Schmeling badly when they fought. Baer had a broken right hand when he fought Louis. He wanted to call of the fight, but his training (Jack Dempsey) wouldn't let him.
@@jameshutchinson568 Did you watch the rematch?
@@jameshutchinson568 There's not a chance Baer would ever beat Louis so the broken hand story doesn't hold any value.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef That's just a ridiculous comment. Baer was more than capable of beating Louis. In fact, Max's brother Buddy Baer knocked Louis OUT OF THE RING in a fight in 1939 or 1940. Baer had one of the hardest right hands in the history of boxing and he actually landed some of those shots on Louis in the 1st and 2nd round. If his hand wasn't broken, he might have put Louis on his ass.
@@jameshutchinson568 Buddy baer caught Louis against the ropes. Louis immediately got back into the ring and gave Buddy a hard lesson. Buddy never came close to beating Louis and neither did Max.
Max was 26 and he got completely annihilated. He then lost to Lou Nova who Louis beat twice.
Max was good, just not as good as Louis.
Joe Louis was the very best heavy weight champion ever. And he was a clean boxeur.Always by the book!!!
Joe Louis is not even close to the best of all time. In fact, he is highly overrated. I wouldn't even put Louis in the top 10 of all time.
@@jameshutchinson568 Dont be a schmuck.
@@JoseMurillo-ki6yx I'm not. Louis was not nearly as good as Ali, Liston, Foreman, or Lennox Lewis. If Baer did not have a broken right hand in this fight, he was more than capable of putting Louis on his ass.
@@jameshutchinson568 ,well James , everyone is entitleded to show his own opinion. I shall stick to mine .And you to yours. I agree with Ali, Foreman,they were fine .When I was born Joe Louis was the champ. He maintained his title for 13 years . That's quite an achievement. Dont you agree.? Best wishes, James!
@@JoseMurillo-ki6yx He fought mostly weak competition. Hence, why Louis' opponents were called the "Bums of the Month". There were a lot of good black fighters during that time that Louis purposely ducked.
Marciano has said that Louis had the best jab he ever saw
@dustin barlow
An old past his prime louis. As a matter of fact, the only good fighters rocky ever fought were either too old or too small
@dustin barlow
Joe louis was 37 years old when they fought while Rocky was only 28. Now if you know anything about boxing, you'll know that a boxers prime is long gone by the time he's 37.
@@RickJamesGhostGuns We'll never know.
Did Marciano fight Sonny Liston? No. Marciano would have been clobbered by Sonny Liston!
So lets leave it at that - Joe Louis's was best jab that he, Marciano faced.
@@RickJamesGhostGuns Especially in those days when they fought more often.
Damn, Joe looks so smooth and dangerous even now, he was wrecking machine back then.
Louis was very complimentary to Baer after years went by, saying he could've been the champion if he had a more serious approach to his training regimen.
He felt he was a bit too lackadaisical about it.,a real playful personality.
love these old classics
6 oz gloves . Unimaginable for heavyweights today.
Joe Louis had it all. He said of this match he could have fought all night. Joe's hand speed, cobra striking jab, powerful, extremely accurate combinations, both leading and countering, parrying defense, clever footwork without wasted movement to preserve energy - all unseen before or since. Joe Louis was simply the greatest Heavyweight of all. May his memory be Eternal.
Joe Louis, was one of akind. Too Hold title, for almost 12 years is remarkable. John Lorberter
Lewis employed the techniques of a modern boxer. ..Max Baer was an old fashion brawler who offered himself as a free lunch for Lewis. complete mismatch!!
Was thinking it and then you said it......Joe to me was first modern boxer, though not modern enough for footwork yet
@dustin barlow war or not, Lewis was much a faster boxer with far superior skills than Max Baer, who was predictably slower with his telegraphed punches..none of these fighters were "candy ass" as you so eloquently put it. There were good fighters, and then there were better fighters, lewis 's record puts him near the very top for his time, history proves you very inaccurate
@dustin barlow by time rocky and charles and moore came around , lewis was long over the hill...weak argument, this is what I observed from the 1935 fight. skill wise, lewis had more agility and quickness, true, Baer had more wallop in his right, but his style lent itself to a slower less reflexive fighter..conditioning wouldn't change these characteristics but any slugger could get lucky with one formidable punch. i wasn't around in 35' and i assume you weren't as well. how far back do you go?
@@robertthomas2001👴🏻ITS LOUIS, IDIOT
👳🏻♂️ ITS LOUIS , KNOT HEAD
Thanks for sharing!
Appears that Baer was not into defense and was purely an offensive fighter. He was able to take punches to a certain point. (just my opinion)
No one else could’ve withstood an execution that long . Baer had an amazing ability to take punishment
And he was boxing with only his left hand.
@@carolbell8008 His right was injured for this bout
Truly Joe Luis was the best fighter of this era.
He sure the hell was. Smokin' Joe as I recall
that battle at 7:54 though!
unbelievable!
thanks for uploading!
You can see that Jack Dempsey was Max Baer's second for this fight... One of my favorite boxing stories ever happened on this fight night - several people in the dressing room said that Baer was terrified of Joe Louis, and refused to leave to go to the ring, until Dempsey told him "You either go fight Louis in the ring, or you'll fight me right here." Baer promptly walked out to the ring lol.
Lol, he was a gentle giant old Max Baer, i reckon he would have punched Dempsey through a wall if he wanted.
@@bigal2748 That's ridiculous - Baer wasn't half the fighter Dempsey was; hell Dempsey had to re-teach Baer how to punch properly when he started training him because he threw nothing but wild haymakers. Not only was Dempsey also never afraid, but he was regularly beating pros in exhibitions and sparring until he was nearly 40 - he destroyed Tony Galento in 1 round at the age of 38 (and Tony knocked down Joe Louis and had him hurt multiple times in their fight).
Also Baer was big, but calling him a giant is pretty silly. He was like 2" taller than Dempsey and was like 6'3"-6'4". And even if you want to call that 'giant', Dempsey made an entire career out of being a giant killer so I don't know what you're getting at.
I'd be scared. Louis was a fighting machine!
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You're dead right brother. Dempsey was a killer.
He often fought just for his next meal in those mining towns where he learned his "craft"
He would have destroyed both Lois and Baer in one night
Kingfish Levinsky fought Max Baer a number of times and lost. Levinsky also fought jack Dempsey in a 4 round exhibition and Levinsky won halting Dempsey's comeback.
I don't think Max Baer was afraid of jack Dempsey. And Baer would of been better of fighting Dempsey in the dressing room then Joe Louis in the ring 😂
What a beautiful moment for Joey Luis may God have a special heaven for him he earned.
A young Joe Louis he was a machine, this man could givea prime Charles, Walcott and Marciano all they could handle
He wouldve KILLED all three of them of guys.
Joe Louis in his prime is light years better than any of them.
@@bigpapasmurfz6252 true
@@bigpapasmurfz6252 Prime Louis would've given Marciano the Godoy 2 treatment.
Joe Louis was round 6'1" and Max Baer about 6'4". The commentator said there's a half inch difference in height -- not true.
My Grandfather considered Louis the greatest and I can see why
As do I...!!!
Fight against Jethro bodine, father, the boxing ring killer
One of the greatest boxers of all time died poor
Such a tragedy that he of all athletes in that era, died broke. After beating the Nazi hope, AND giving up some of his purses in the war effort. The IRS went after him because they said that he hadn't paid taxes, he said he gave the cheques away, and our lovely Christian gov hounded him. He should have been acclaimed a NATIONAL HERO! Thats America.
It's awesome being able to see footage from almost a century ago
This Joe Lewey looks really sharp. A shame he never fought Joe Louis.
Lol 😂😃😂👍🥊🥊🥊
What a fight credit to louis his accuracy is phenomenal
Watching Joe Louis I had visions of Mohammed Ali. The way he circled to the left , jabbing and jabbing as he went . Never stopped moving never giving his opponent time to regroup. Baer had a decent jaw to take that much punishment. He had a hard punch too which he didn’t use enough. He lead with his jaw , had no jab and was a slow moving easy target. No way he was going to win that fight with a pro of the sweet science like Joe Louis
You're right,Ron, I felt the same about Joe Louis' style.
Baer had a broken right hand, if his hand was all good he would have put up a much better fight.
"Baer had a hard punch too" That's an understatement if I ever heard one. He was one of the hardest punchers who ever fought in the ring.
Known as shuffling Joe.
@igor putin Anyone who understands the "Sweet Science" understands that Louis did NOT have a flat foot.
Joe: compact, quick and incredibly powerful. Best heavyweight of all time.
👍👍👍👍👍Agree 🏆🏆🏆🥊🥊🥊
Agreed . No heavyweight in history would’ve beaten Joe Louis on this night
@@striperking6083 nonsense...Iron Mike would have had him on the canvas (or modern synthetic equivalent) in round one...and would have had time to include Joe's ears in a ringside snack post fight.
@@bertplank8011 Ah yes, Iron Mike who lost to every important fighter he fought and got knocked out by Buster Douglas in his prime would somehow knock out the greatest heavyweight ever in a single round.
Only in Tyson fanboy fantasy land.
Brings back so many memories of the great Joe Louis era.
The commentator has it wrong. It was not a heavyweight championship fight. Louis would not be champion for another two years and Baer had already lost the title. At the time Jimmy Braddock 'The Cinderella Man' was the title holder.
Right. Louis would then go on to stop Braddock to attain the title.
Thanks for the video, T
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6:58 beautiful
Great video. I liked the announcing. I was also fascinated with a Star of David on Max's trunks and the story behind it. Kudos for standing with the Jews against Nazism.
Joe Louis was so great. He was one efficient fighter and was the greatest Heavyweight Champion of all time. I would've loved to see a prime Joe Louis vs a prime Muhammad Ali. What a fight that would've been?
@WolfLarsen85 Joe Louis would've knocked the dancing big mouth out by the tenth round.
@WolfLarsen85 First of all, he didn't take Max Schmeling serious enough in his first fight with him. Just look at what he did to him in the second fight. As far as Billy Conn is concerned, shit happens. Joe Louis said he saw a way he could beat Ali and that's good enough for me. Joe wasn't flashy like Ali but he was an efficient fighter and eventually would've gotten him.
No way. Ken Norton & Joe Frazier were flat footed and one knocked Ali to the florr & the other broke his jaw. Joe Louis hit harder than the both of them. He may have been flat footed but he moved way better than Sonny Liston.
@WolfLarsen85 Oh, please, how old was Joe Louis then? Give me a break. Joe Louis had no right entering the ring with Rocky Marciano.
WolfLarsen85 Ali would know not to mix it up with Louis.
One of the best left hooks I've seen, and a surprisingly good defense to match.
This is Joe Louis's best performance IMO. He destroyed Baer.
@@sleazyfellow Actually, I think Joe's 2nd with Schmelling was the most aggressive Brown Bomber we ever got to see.
What he did to Max in the 1st round was pure carnage.
That Joe Louis wouldn't lose to anyone.
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Jow Louis acted like a true gentleman like he actually always has been. He had many chances of hitting the opponent while he was going to the ground but he didn't.
The same cannot be said for Max Baer when he found himself fighting in situations favorable to him: he always wrongly hit the opponent who was already going to the mat. And in some encounters it is seen hitting the already squatted opponent.
Not entirely true for Baer. Watch his Comiskey fight. Baer clearly stops fighting when Comiskey is helpless.
Wow what a tape (excluding ths audio) what a force louis was taking those punches in round 1. That power with the tightest punches I probably ever saw and the head movement all ofcourse in that era. P4p #1 or #2 for me
Baer did not look like much of a good fighter at all
This shows Joe Louis definitely inspired Ali’s style somewhat, the jab while circling around the ring shows it
Louis and Ray Robinson definitely inspired Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis and Roberto Duran the best 3 fighters in the history of boxing.
Absolutely correct!!!
Two things that this commentator has very wrong are as follows:-
1. Joe Louis was NEVER a dirty fighter. He was known as always observing the rules.
2. Max Baer did not win the world title by a tenth round stoppage of Max Schmeling. He got his title shot by stopping Scmeling, but it was the 'Comedy Fight' in which Max Baer beat Primo Carnera, flooring him eleven times in eleven rounds to win the belt.
If you want to provide commentary, then at least get your facts straight!
pronouncing Joe Louis' name right would help too.
You need to look at more of his bouts on You Tube. He hit Schmeling low several times in the first contest. Also nailed B. Baer after the bell .
+movie fan hits after the bell are very common in boxing; you see it often at some point in nearly every single professional bout. Boxers don't hear the bell ringing, usually. The ref is responsible for breaking the fighters up at the end of the round. As for any low blows, I never saw Joe Louis throw any low blows in his professional bouts. However, low blows do happen all the time, so I would consider it to be an accident.
83BallroomBlitz AMEN !
@@MrJoking4fun Correct. Louis did hit Schmeling low late in the first fight and was warned by referee Donavan, but by late in the fight Louis was very much battered and no doubt the low blows were accidental.
I read somewhere Jack Dempsey saying he’s glad he didn’t “have to play catch “ with Joe Louis.
Yes . After Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in their 2nd fight
High compliment for Joe Louis.
Short, powerful, punches with pin-point accuracy... hard to stand with Joe Louis for long.
Imagine in 2022 watching a video from 87 years ago. It's so magical.
Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali are the two greatest heavyweights who ever entered the boxing ring.
Amen brother
And Marciano.
Thank you for sharing :) Time travel :)
Louis was a fighting machine very clean fighter if he hurt you. You was finished
That's "WERE FINISHED"..grammar old chap ,grammar....
@@bertplank8011 "was finished" is perfectly reasonable thing to say in America
If by "dirty" fighter he actually meant "really good" fighter, well, then OK...
In that era, most white men probably regard Afro Americans as dirty fighters.
I think they meant "black fighter that unfortunately keeps beating our favorite white guys."
So you heard that lie too. Why am I surprised to hear that bs?
Max's brother Buddy knocked Louis out of the ring in the first round but Louis came back had Buddy down 3 times in the 6th but his corner claimed illegal punch after the bell so it was ruled a nc....rematch Louis 1st round ko he was even bigger than Max
Imagine if there was no WW2 Joe Louis would have set records no one would have beat. The greatest
Baer froze up in the dressing room before this fight and his pal Jack Dempsey had to talk him down. Louis said this was his best fight as far as accuracy of punches is concerned. Louis said that the right hand Baer hit him with was the hardest he ever took, but he added "it came after the bell".
Baer also broke his hand, that is why he became unable to fight back after the 2nd.
Baer was also fighting with a broken right hand. He wanted to postpone the fight, but his trainer Jack Dempsey wouldn't let him. A fully healthy Baer was definitely capable of beating Louis.
Broken right hand and chipped bone in his left wrist.
@@jameshutchinson568 Max, at best, would've lasted 3 more rounds if his alleged broken hand was in better condition.
Joe freaking Louis baby! Giving Max a boxing clinic 🥊
This guy commentating on the fight is an idiot. Jack Sharkey said this about Louis (not Lewie!) "Joe Louis was the cleanest, nicest fighter I ever fought". Louis never, ever had a reputation as a dirty fighter. And if you watch this fight it's Baer who gets warned a few times for "heeling", hitting with the back of his glove. Baer was not dirty either, but in this fight he clearly was out-classed, had frozen in the dressing room. After the fist few hard punches he took in the first round he seemed to get gun shy. And pretty much quit in the 4th round, taking the 10 count on one knee. Smart move.
There's a story that came out of of the Baer camp - Baer was so afraid of Louis that he refused to leave the dressing room until Jack Dempsey (who was serving as his second for the fight) told him "You either go out and fight Louis in the ring, or you'll fight me right here." at which point Baer finally walked out to the ring. One of my favorite boxing stories ever.
Baer broke his right hand early in the fight, that's why he pretty much stops throwing it.
@@bigal2748 Yes but I had read a story that Baer "froze" in his dressing room before entering the ring and Dempsey had to calm him. I think he was genuinely intimidated by Louis. Watching Louis take Carnera apart probably contributed to that.
@@j.l.4054 there was also his quote about before the fight, something to the effect of "I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early."
☝🏻👶🏻BAER ALSO HEAD BUTTED LOUIS .
The American establishment should have hung its head in shame for the way they treated Joe Louis.
4 punch combination by Louis in the first round set the tone for the rest of the fight.
The commentator is wrong. This fight wasn’t for the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Max Baer just had lost his title a few months ago. The Heavyweight Champion at that time was James J. Braddock who defeated Baer. Joe Louis was a rising star until Max Schmeling knocked him out in 1936, his first defeat. Louis became World Champion after defeating James J. Braddock in 1937. Nuff said !!!
Correct.
This is a dubbed tape from the original. The announcer is a troll.
no i am 98 years old and i watched this live. it's legit
@@basteagui Awesome! Does it play like you remembered it?
@@basteagui , that is great. But if you were at the fight, you didn't hear the announcer on the radio. Whoever this announcer is, he's a disgrace. As the original post by TWS1956 stated, he can't even pronounce the name of Joe Louis properly. The ring announcer correctly calls him "Louis", but the blow-by-blow guy wasn't paying attention to that or anything else, calling him "Looie." Also, he says Baer won the tile by beating Max Schmeling. The Schmeling fight was a non-title fight , and Baer won the championship in his following fight by beating Primo Carnera.
@@basteaguifuck off liar
👱🏻♂️YOURE RIGHT, WHY DONT THESE OTHER UA-camRS GET THAT? DAMN
"I" gotta go to the emergency room after watching this. I hope I'll be alright
Why?
I hate when so- called commentators make unsubstantiated statements like, “He (Louis) has a reputation as a dirty fighter.” He had a reputation as a dirty fighter, according to whom? Louis was not a dirty fighter, especially not, for his day.
Of course he was a dirty fighter. He could never get the brown off his skin, no matter how hard he scrubbed. 👌
@@prestonsadler35 funnyman......NOT.....jerkoff.....YEP......
Their techniques only works if the other guy stands like a statue.
There's a clip of the two of them in the locker room after the fight. They're like two longtime friends having some laughs. Two gentlemen.
Very clear that Baer simply did not want to continue in the 4th round. The 3rd round knock-downs were brutal, and overall Louis beating Baer to a pulp, but the actual KO was Baer's decision. He decided belatedly to go down from that right and then decided, on one knee, not to beat the count. Then he got up and he was fundamentally un-hurt. It was a smart decision on Baer's part. Who wants to get beaten up in a clearly hopeless cause?
Art Donovan Jr. Once asked Max Baer what it was like to be hit by Joe Louis, and Baer replied, "Lika a bomb exploding in your face." Joe and Max were good friends, and highly respected each other.
I read somewhere Baer said he didn't continue because ... "People are gonna have to pay more than $50 to see my execution " fuckin well said I'd do the same hahaha 😂
Baer was great and he said, when he stayed down, "They paid to see a fight, not a murder!"
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i think that was Jack Dempsey in Baer's corner.
he did train max and helped him get the "warrior" out of him
Absolutely amazing battle between to prominent gladiators, you can see how max baer was a raw powerful slugger, but joe Louis just had alot more fundamentals going for him such as understanding his range, knowing when and where to throw his punches, his punches were always short, sharp, accurate, and when he had you hurt you were finished, joe Louis has to be one if not the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time.
Johnny Blaze89 Max was past his prime. Those fighters then, got you out. They didn’t compete just for money, they loved fighting, even at bars , in between towns. These guys were tough.
Not everyone in the UK at the time pronounced it like that , I heard a few folk down London way use the expression, but it was always louis to us , Max was never the same fighter after causing an opponents death, Joe was of course a superman and the essence of cool.
And of course the fight commentary is a English add on decades later