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James J Braddock was my hero, and that includes way more than fighting in the ring. He sold everything he had and never abandoned his role as father and husband. Fought through pain, worked through pain. It seems to me that God reached down and picked him up. I believe that's my hope as well in life and many other ppl feel the same
Guys like gentleman Jim we simply don't get to day.Its such a pity because people like that set a standard as well as inspire a younger generation more than any one can imagine
You just gotta love the sportsmanship of those old fighters. As soon as the bell rings to end the last round, they shake hands like gentleman. Don’t see much of that anymore.
@@morrnmanderson7376 You don’t see handshakes you illiterate goofball. Actually plenty of recent fights end without any interaction or exchange of pleasantries. Want the short or the long list of recent examples?
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Jimmy will always be champ because he never let life beat him . He stood up to it all and took every hit like a man and never backed down never ran and fought to the last bell. The heart of a true champion.
My Grandfather was Fleet Boxing Champion in his weight, during WW2. He was in what he called "MacArthur's Navy", otherwise known as the 7th Fleet. Anyway, he was a Champion and Golden Gloves Boxer, and one Day was asked to do n Exhibition Match, for the Fleet. His opponent was Braddock, and I am very proud, to this day, of my Grandfather, for his Service, commitment , skills, and love. One more thing, my Grandfather was damn near Arty Shaw, on the Clarinet! God rest his Soul.
From actual interviews from agents and trainers that knew Max they said he was actually like with a movie portrayed, trust me I thought the same thing and when I actually dug a little bit deeper that people actually knew Max Baer will say they are
He was traumatized by the death of his opponent, so he would act overly aggressive as to intimidate so he could when without doing as much physically to his opponent, including clowning around and taunting.
@@ronepting5030 dig deeper. Based on boxing historians and ppl that knew him have actually confirmed he was similar to Cinderella man's version maybe not the trying to kill ppl part but he was a vile man from personal accounts of ppl the knew him and dealt with him personally
@@ronepting5030 as horrible as that sounds I thought the same way but was very surprised that his family was mad because Ron Howard portrayed him correctly based on actual accounts and interviews
The Brown Bomber...my favorite boxer in History. There's never been another like him...nor one to hold the heavyweight title consecutively for as long as he did (basically 12 years) as he defended it 25 times. HOO-YAH & God Bless ALL the old greats of old.
"He is the finisher supreme. That last punch was it with everything. Everything that Louis could throw. Restless and violent in his attack. Mad and savvy"
@@novijeruzalemnewjerusalem3036 There is much that could be discussed regarding Rocky's era...but one thing that is for sure is that Joe Louis only came out of retirement due to the government taxing him over his earlier donations that he gave to the Army & Navy Relief funds during WW2. (A black mark in American History as Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber was a HUGE American patriot who actually helped further civil rights during his time.) They hounded him into the poor house and this caused great stress upon the very kind hearted Joe Louis. Known for giving money away to those in need, etc. One of the ways he dealt with that stress was escapism...which included alcohol, cocaine and women. Joe was just a man and under such great stress, he did try and make a comeback...winning 8 out of 10 of his fights with the final being with Rocky. Thus...damaging his amazing record of 58 and 1, when he retired and ending with a final record of 68 and 3...which is still amazing. You have to understand that the Joe Louis who came out of retirement was NOT the same fighter who held the title (to this day) of holding it continuously the longest at darn near 12 years with 25 title defenses. THAT Joe Louis...would NOT have lost to Rocky. People age differently and as mentioned, the stress of not being able to financially take care of his family, the alcohol and drug abuse did it's toll and damaged Joe, causing his heart issues, etc. He made great friends with Max Schmeling, the German Boxer that he had his only loss to. Later on...Max and him palled around and Max actually paid for several medical bills that Joe had and ended up paying his funeral expenses when the Brown Bomber died. Joe's sad ending was never deserved...and stands testament regarding how important it is to dot your i's and cross your t's when it comes to business, etc. Had Joe Louis' "people" or himself simply said take the taxes out of the donation then Joe Louis may have had a much happier golden year period at the end of his life. Sorry...got carried away with his History but the man deserves to not be forgotten and to remembered for being not only perhaps THE best boxer in History but also one heck of a good human being. A real credit to his race...the Human Race. Thank You Joe Louis...we Love & Miss you.
Even after doing everything he could to not step on the toes of the white man when he fought. Enlisting in the army. Donating his purses to the war effort. Just to die broke because the IRS decided he owed them money. It’s an absolute injustice.
THE SO TRAGIC THING IS THE IRS ALSO WENT AFTER TAXES FROM THE DONATED PURSE TO THE ARMY WAR EFFORT BECAUSE JOE LOIUS NEVER TICKED THE RIGHT BOXES FOR THEM AFTER ALL JOE LOIUS DID FOR AMERICA JUST TO HE HOUNDED TO HIS DEATH BED FOR TAXES OWED TO THE IRS PEOPLE WONDER WHY ALI NEVER ACCEPTED THE DRAFT WHEN THEY DID ALL THAT TO LOIUS ITS NOT EVEN LIKEALI WOULD EVER BEEN ON THE FRONT LINE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AL MORAL BUILDING AND BOXING EXHIBITIONS FOR ALI NOT A GUN IN SIGHT
Some really amazing fighters and stories in this. Braddock's story is amazing. Baer, one of the greatest fighters of his day who stood up to antisemitism. Jack Johnson who was a monster of a fighter and who was insane with how he stood up to racism. Who doesn't love Joe Louis?
The part of the story u don't hear. Great video. Braddocks comeback against Max Baer who is one of my personal favorite boxers is amazing. The part u never hear about was Braddocks fight against a prime and hungry Louis. Braddocks conditions at the time being in extreme poverty make the story even more amazing but Louis was just on another level totally. Nobody had seen anything like Joe Louis.
Braddock won 3 in a row and the Baer fight got him out of debt. He was just past his prime. He knocked Louis down in the first round. Louis as expected won by decision but always said Braddock was the most courageous fighter he ever fought.
@@c.b.-11 cool fact Max Baer literally just did kill a person in the ring and was the father of the actor that played Jethro on The Beverly hillbillies, Max Baer Jr..
@@c.b.-11 Ummm...the Brown Bomber knocked Braddock out in the 8th. Then...Louis never lost another fight until after he retired for awhile. Only coming back because the criminal IRS went after him for donating money for the war effort...something he did at least 2 times...! Shameful...to treat a patriot in such a way. A black stain on American History and this is the reason schools don't teach about the Great Joe Louis.
@@williepep-fy7qm not long, just discovered how good he was within the past year or 2. I underestimated how good he, Sugary Ray Robinson and many other old timers were til some research opened my eyes
Wow. I was always under the assumption that Joe Loius was the reigning champion when Max Schmeling beat him in '36. I never knew that Braddock was the title holder at the time.
Scheming and Louis were both top contenders when Scheming KO'd Louis. Louis was the champion when they met again and Louis KO'd Scheming in the first round.
Boy, Schmeling really gave Joe a beat down in their first fight --- never saw young Louis this hurt during his prime years. What of course they did not show here was how Louis made short work of Schmeling in their rematch 2 years later, utterly destroying him with a 1st round KO.
He exposed a huge flaw in Joe Louis's game that he was just so talented that he didn't have to fix till this fight. If you seeing their rematch he didn't have that same flaw anymore and he absolutely destroyed him.
@@dappadondadda100 training has come a long way since these days but Mayweather is so fast and good at defending he could literally throw 15 punches a round like an assassin and murder you.
This was a time when men fought to eat. All of the old time boxers would have eaten today’s crop of heavyweights for breakfast. These guys fought with gloves that had straw stuffing in them and took punches that would have knocked an elephant out. Today’s lot fight once or twice a year and get paid multi millions but the old guys fought every month or so. Brilliant video. 👍👍
Anybody going into the ring with Joe Louis had brass balls. So what did we learn boys and girls if you want to be a contender knockout as many former champions as possible until you are the #1 contender and the champion has to come to you. 10% of all Joe Louis's fight for the next 10 years has to be one of the best deals in sports history besides Bobby Bonilla contract with the Mets. I had no idea James knocked Joe down that was a shocker. I knew James took a beating against Joe but he did make it 8 rounds that is massively impressive but that knockout by Joe was brutal. I loved the movie though probably Russell Crowe's best.
Would you consider doing a video about boxer's "brawlers" showmans? Boxers that weren't particularly good, and almost won no title fights, if they won one at all, but that still managed to gather huge crowds to their fights for the simple reason that their No-Defense, All-Offence, constant punching and getting punched style, attracted the most morbid of people that didn't want to see a boxing match, they wanted to see violence and blood like if it were ancient Rome. Boxers like Benny "Kid" Paret, or Jose Maria Gatica, boxers that in their fights would promise blood, either from themselves or from their opponents, it didn't matter which one.
Smartest man in boxing history....He got 10% of all proceeds from Joe Louis's fights for the next 10 years. Thats a long damn time, im curious how much it amounted to
That makes him a cowardly thief . NOT a champion . He wanted the biggest benefit possible because he "KNEW " that he was not man enough to beat his challenger . A qualified but racially penalized Joe Louis in a country that would put every advantage possibble in favor of the Champion because of his Challenger's skin tone. He only got that 10% because the boxing world was united and "On Code" to prevent another black world champion. And you applaud that? Just proves that there is no honor among thieves.
@@MrWARHAMMER68 It had nothing to do with race and everything to do with capitalizing on Joe Louis's loss to Max Schmelling and at the same time give hitler the finger. Had Louis won his fight this wouldnt be possible to do and thats proof it wasnt about race. Thats genius for your legacy and financial future, ive never heard of any contract like that since then.
@Trenton Ghorley it had everything ti do with race. So Braddock himself didn't have a loss? All of them had losses. But no black was offered a title shot in over 40 years since Jack Jonson. Lewis had to take that criminally raw deal because the entire boxing world was against him getting a title shot in the first place. And it had nothing to do with merit. Did you see what Lewis did to your boy Braddock when he got that opportunity?
@@MrWARHAMMER68 it was definitely a dirty move I agree I don't buy into all the Braddock was a nice guy bullshit that movie made him seem like an innocent angel Max Baer was not a bad guy either once again that dumb movie screwed up baers legacy too
@@MrWARHAMMER68 I hate Braddock, hes not my boy. I watched this to watch Louis kick his ass. Your missing the point, Louis was the number 1 contender to fight Braddock when he lost to Max Schmelling. That meant that Louis was now the number 2 contender and Schmelling had a shot at the title now. But to stick it to the nazis they gave Louis the title shot anyway and because they knew they did Louis a huge favor they got their 10%. If not for Braddock we may never have seen Louis as a champion and instead had Schmelling
Back when there was no commission and SO MANY "loaded gloves", j-ws were champions... like Baer... where are they TODAY?!??! They were all CREATING back then... which is why so many people "died" back then, LOADED GLOVES!!!
Maybe Max Baer wasn’t quite the “blood lusting animal” they made him out to be. But as you can see here in the Primo Carnera fight clip, After the ref stopped the fight, he throws a mean Hard right hand on Primo. THIS is why he is portrayed as a monster. You can literally see the Anger his face when he throws. He may not have been a monster Out of the ring, but once he stepped thru those ropes, he most Certainly became one! He was Well known for dirty fighting and he didn’t even hide it. Throwing back hands was one thing you can see in Every one of his fights. He was definitely no angel. He Totally deserved the nasty beat down he got from Joe Louis
@@davidbrandel1311 I’m aware. Nonetheless everything I said is Fact. I became a big Braddock fan after seeing Cinderella Man and started watching documentaries and read two books. One about Braddock and one about Baer. It’s true, outside the ring Baer was nice and a clown. He felt horrible for killing Frankie Campbell and Ernie Schaff too. But he did. Something changed when he stepped thru those ropes, man
My Grandpaw was there to see him win the championship. I don't like that nine minutes in and this is turning into a race thing. When Braddock and Lewis fought people of ALL colors were pulling for the working man and only after Joe (my favorite) won later on did most folks turn this thing into race and it continues to this day which is sick.
When someone puts a video up claiming it's about a certain champ and ends up talking about and cenetring in on two other champs that would be called disenginuous almost to the point of spamming. The champ the video was about had nothing to do with Jack Johnson for example. Today everyone is racist and everyone wants to make everything about race. They just can't control themselves.@@lexkanyima2195
@@joeallenboxingI agree with you. You just can't watch a Joe Louis documentary without half the runtime being dedicated on race racism and progress. It's like poor Louis is used as a pawn to drive a political agenda.
JESUS CHRIST LOUCHRAN WHEN HE FOUGHT BRADDOCK FOR THE LHW TITLE WAS A PROFFESSIONAL BOXER FOR 10 YRS AND HAD 114 FIGHTS 11. 4 FIGHTS PER YEAR MEANS A FIGHT EVERY 31 DAYS THATS OFF THE SCALE
That's how these guys did it back then. Now, today, we have champions and contenders fight once or two times a year. Nothing but primary Donna's today.
I heard an old recording I don't know who said it off the top of my head, might have been a trainer. But he said you move up weight classes because you win and you can afford to eat. Those old guys sterner stuff
I heard about The Dimming years ago on Jeff Rense and Dane has been sounding the alarm for quite some time as you mentioned. I think you should send him this video because you did an excellent presentation of the effort to block out the sun. I don't think I have ever seen it so localized and complete. Very targeted.
Max Baer actually donated money to his deceased opponent's family, a little known fact. Max dies at only aged 53, perhaps from the internal strain he suffered.
Joe Louis's story goes on and it is a sad one. His trailers add his promoter screwed him over so bad that it affected Joe throughout his life. If I'm not mistaken he died broke
@@ernestorodriguez6392 I think he's probably referring to Jim Braddock giving the title shot to Joe Louis instead of to Max Schmeling, after Schmeling had just knocked out Louis. Schmeling had been champ earlier too, of course, but should have been given another shot as he was again the number one contender.
the movie cinderella man said that he lost his license. interesting that movie wasn't very accurate anyway it made max baer out to be a heartless thug who took pride in killing too men in the ring when the opposite is true.
I still can't get over how good the makeup department et al in Cinderella Man was at getting Russell Crowe to look like Braddock. Yeah, I know the movie did Max dirty, but that movie did a great job recreating this era.
Joe louis was quite a bit younger than Braddock when he took the title from Braddock. In fact Louis was the same number of years older than Marciano, when Marciano took the title from Louis.
@@pughoneycutt1986 OK, but Louis was the same number of years older than Marciano as Louis was younger than Braddock when he took the title from Braddock.
If max baer had not thrown that fight to braddock, we would never have heard of the "cinderella man" max was a kind hearted person who didn't care about being champion. he also "tanked," for joe louis. he could have easily defeated both louis and braddock. max knew braddock needed the money and louis needed the respect.
Corn Griffin to be the No 2 contender before the Braddock fight? I don't think so. In the rings annual ratings he never even reached the Top-10. Is there any proof for this theory? BTW in my opinion Braddock should have faced Max Schmeling for the title in '36 or '37.
Portrayed as a sadistic psychotic monster in the movie Cinderella Man “ Max Baer was a amiable affable and according to friends and family was “ jolly and full of laughter “ BaerSR never insulted Jim Braddock and his wife Mae in a nightclub pure fiction. After the Frankie Campbell tragedy Baer was banned from Boxing in California for a year. So Max went to New York his first opponent in New York City was supposed to be a Pslooka named Jim Braddock , but the NY SAC wouxnt sanction the bout. They deemed it too much of “ a Mismatch”. So Baer fought Ernie Schaaf instead. Later Baer who lost the decision to Ernie would knock Ernie cold at the end of their 2 nd bout. Max BaerSR had nothing to do with Ernie’s death. Ernie would fight six more times. Primo Carnera went to his grave thinking he had killedErnie. But Ernie died from pneumonia and meningitis brought on by his influenza. When the Braddock fight was announced Baer said” Jim and I have been friends for a long time,and I hope we will still be friends.. At he final bell Max Baer grabbed Braddock by the shoulders and said “ Congratulations Jim,you did it,I hope you make a ton of dough “!!!! Baer was upset because in 1930 the NYSAC didn’t think Braddock was a suitable opponent for Baer and now five years later he was. Baer had an offer of 350 K from a promoter in Europe to fight a rematch with Germany s Max Schmeling but Baer honored his contract with the NYSAC and fought Braddock. Before Cinderella Man was released in Cinemas Max Baer JR said” I hope they don’t make my dad look like MRT in Rocky 3. After seeing the film Baer JR said “ they made my dad look worse than MR T in Rocky III””
Braddock was tough, a real hard worker... Please look at the history, though, of Joe Louis. He donated over $90,000.00 to the Navy Relief Society, never saw anything from his two fights for charity. Then the mighty IRS came after him years later for taxes on money he never saw! What a system we have, eh? Perhaps that is why Frank Sinatra stepped in and helped Joe obtain a position as a greeter at a Vegas casino, to rebuild his pride later in life He also was patriotic, as Joe had been. There's so much of the real history that seems to escape the youth of today.
Still, Braddock got 10% of every Louis fight after that. After a knockout like that, you need to have something else to count on, cause you ain't getting back in the ring after that. I'm positive Jim had no interest in a rematch. Arguably Louis is seen as the goat. Even Marciano who knocked him out said, I don't think I could have beaten him in his prime.
@@alexwillis7093it's a very persistent myth that's for sure. It didn't look to me as though he fought with a broken right but do you have any evidence to dispel the myth?
@@Pedro_Le_Chef yes I have got evidence This appeared in the papers of the time. Dr Frederick E, Elliott made a dozen or more x-ray pictures of Baer's hands. These will be studied and there results given to the commissioner within 24 hours. The Evening Independent, August 22, 1935. Baer comes to the ring tonight in better shape than he has been in three years. There are last minute rumours that his right hand is badly bruised. Earlier x-ray plates failed to show the slightest trace of injury. The Pittsburgh Press, September 24, 1935.
@@alexwillis7093Thank you. Can you tell me where you got this from? I'm going to use it whenever someone tries to argue that Baer came into the ring with a broken hand.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef search "Joe Louis vs Max Baer boxrec". The first link is the fight summary, open the page at the bottom is a number of links too old news paper articles.
F that. In order for Joe Louis to get that fight, Braddocks manager got 10% of his purse forever. I hate that. Not Braddocks fault but I can’t be a fan.
These stories are such nonsense!! if you was so "poor", where does all the FOOTAGE of him come from? Old footage like that was EXPENSIVE to produce, so how did such a "poor man" have so much footage of his REGULAR life?
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James J Braddock was my hero, and that includes way more than fighting in the ring. He sold everything he had and never abandoned his role as father and husband. Fought through pain, worked through pain. It seems to me that God reached down and picked him up. I believe that's my hope as well in life and many other ppl feel the same
Lol... if you're less than 80, you're lying...
Lol... "god"... so stupid!!!
Guys like gentleman Jim we simply don't get to day.Its such a pity because people like that set a standard as well as inspire a younger generation more than any one can imagine
I think uysik is a pretty cool boxer, because he's never cocky always nice
Yeah didn't he take a percentage of every Joe Louis fight afterwards?
As usual absolute flawless documentary. I only wish you made them more often
You just gotta love the sportsmanship of those old fighters. As soon as the bell rings to end the last round, they shake hands like gentleman. Don’t see much of that anymore.
wtf? You literally see it in nearly every fight lol
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You don’t see handshakes you illiterate goofball. Actually plenty of recent fights end without any interaction or exchange of pleasantries. Want the short or the long list of recent examples?
@@morrnmanderson7376😂😂💯💯
They still do. They just do more hugs and talk now..
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Not in the same humble manner. It’s much more histrionic nowadays.
You guys are the best. Please, more videos of legendary boxers.
Rhythm Boxing returns once again in top form, bringing an excellent story centered around a tough era in US history. Among them, economics, sports and race.
All these fighters in their own way represented the times they fought in in some way, shape or form. And it made them ALL champions.
Welcome back Rhythm Boxing, welcome back💪
Jimmy will always be champ because he never let life beat him . He stood up to it all and took every hit like a man and never backed down never ran and fought to the last bell. The heart of a true champion.
My Grandfather was Fleet Boxing Champion in his weight, during WW2. He was in what he called "MacArthur's Navy", otherwise known as the 7th Fleet. Anyway, he was a Champion and Golden Gloves Boxer, and one Day was asked to do n Exhibition Match, for the Fleet. His opponent was Braddock, and I am very proud, to this day, of my Grandfather, for his Service, commitment , skills, and love. One more thing, my Grandfather was damn near Arty Shaw, on the Clarinet! God rest his Soul.
Thanks for sharing.
Great video, wish you could make a video on jack johnson, I'd love to see that.
They did Max Baer dirty in the Cinderella man movie he wasn't like that
It's based on true events. It's not completely true. They actually watch the last real match between max and Braddock and discuss it.
From actual interviews from agents and trainers that knew Max they said he was actually like with a movie portrayed, trust me I thought the same thing and when I actually dug a little bit deeper that people actually knew Max Baer will say they are
He was traumatized by the death of his opponent, so he would act overly aggressive as to intimidate so he could when without doing as much physically to his opponent, including clowning around and taunting.
@@ronepting5030 dig deeper. Based on boxing historians and ppl that knew him have actually confirmed he was similar to Cinderella man's version maybe not the trying to kill ppl part but he was a vile man from personal accounts of ppl the knew him and dealt with him personally
@@ronepting5030 as horrible as that sounds I thought the same way but was very surprised that his family was mad because Ron Howard portrayed him correctly based on actual accounts and interviews
Rhythm Boxing, great video! Hey could you maybe in the future make a vid about Ezzard Charles “The Cincinnati Cobra”??
The Brown Bomber...my favorite boxer in History.
There's never been another like him...nor one to hold the heavyweight title consecutively for as long as he did (basically 12 years) as he defended it 25 times.
HOO-YAH & God Bless ALL the old greats of old.
P.S. Never fight Joe Louis twice...!!!
;)
"He is the finisher supreme. That last punch was it with everything. Everything that Louis could throw. Restless and violent in his attack. Mad and savvy"
Please don't forget Rocky Marciano who didn't lose one single proffesional fight, incl. knocking out Joe Louis.
@@novijeruzalemnewjerusalem3036
There is much that could be discussed regarding Rocky's era...but one thing that is for sure is that Joe Louis only came out of retirement due to the government taxing him over his earlier donations that he gave to the Army & Navy Relief funds during WW2.
(A black mark in American History as Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber was a HUGE American patriot who actually helped further civil rights during his time.)
They hounded him into the poor house and this caused great stress upon the very kind hearted Joe Louis. Known for giving money away to those in need, etc.
One of the ways he dealt with that stress was escapism...which included alcohol, cocaine and women.
Joe was just a man and under such great stress, he did try and make a comeback...winning 8 out of 10 of his fights with the final being with Rocky.
Thus...damaging his amazing record of 58 and 1, when he retired and ending with a final record of 68 and 3...which is still amazing.
You have to understand that the Joe Louis who came out of retirement was NOT the same fighter who held the title (to this day) of holding it continuously the longest at darn near 12 years with 25 title defenses.
THAT Joe Louis...would NOT have lost to Rocky.
People age differently and as mentioned, the stress of not being able to financially take care of his family, the alcohol and drug abuse did it's toll and damaged Joe, causing his heart issues, etc.
He made great friends with Max Schmeling, the German Boxer that he had his only loss to.
Later on...Max and him palled around and Max actually paid for several medical bills that Joe had and ended up paying his funeral expenses when the Brown Bomber died.
Joe's sad ending was never deserved...and stands testament regarding how important it is to dot your i's and cross your t's when it comes to business, etc.
Had Joe Louis' "people" or himself simply said take the taxes out of the donation then Joe Louis may have had a much happier golden year period at the end of his life.
Sorry...got carried away with his History but the man deserves to not be forgotten and to remembered for being not only perhaps THE best boxer in History but also one heck of a good human being.
A real credit to his race...the Human Race.
Thank You Joe Louis...we Love & Miss you.
Even after doing everything he could to not step on the toes of the white man when he fought. Enlisting in the army. Donating his purses to the war effort. Just to die broke because the IRS decided he owed them money. It’s an absolute injustice.
THE SO TRAGIC THING IS THE IRS ALSO WENT AFTER TAXES FROM THE DONATED PURSE TO THE ARMY WAR EFFORT BECAUSE JOE LOIUS NEVER TICKED THE RIGHT BOXES FOR THEM
AFTER ALL JOE LOIUS DID FOR AMERICA JUST TO HE HOUNDED TO HIS DEATH BED FOR TAXES OWED TO THE IRS
PEOPLE WONDER WHY ALI NEVER ACCEPTED THE DRAFT WHEN THEY DID ALL THAT TO LOIUS
ITS NOT EVEN LIKEALI WOULD EVER BEEN ON THE FRONT LINE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AL MORAL BUILDING AND BOXING EXHIBITIONS FOR ALI NOT A GUN IN SIGHT
😂 AMERICA OH WHAT A COUNTY 😅 LOL 😢SAD
@@stonethugmusic 😐
You're so right. Bloody disgraceful.
Schmelling, Joe's premier boxing rival, would do more to help the man than the US government. The IRS and ATF can go to hell.
Well put togeather and fantastic footage
Some really amazing fighters and stories in this. Braddock's story is amazing. Baer, one of the greatest fighters of his day who stood up to antisemitism. Jack Johnson who was a monster of a fighter and who was insane with how he stood up to racism. Who doesn't love Joe Louis?
The part of the story u don't hear. Great video. Braddocks comeback against Max Baer who is one of my personal favorite boxers is amazing. The part u never hear about was Braddocks fight against a prime and hungry Louis. Braddocks conditions at the time being in extreme poverty make the story even more amazing but Louis was just on another level totally. Nobody had seen anything like Joe Louis.
Braddock won 3 in a row and the Baer fight got him out of debt. He was just past his prime. He knocked Louis down in the first round. Louis as expected won by decision but always said Braddock was the most courageous fighter he ever fought.
@@c.b.-11 cool fact Max Baer literally just did kill a person in the ring and was the father of the actor that played Jethro on The Beverly hillbillies, Max Baer Jr..
@@c.b.-11 joe louis knocked Braddock out in the 8th round what are you talking about?? Your facts are wrong!
@@c.b.-11 Louis knocked him out lmao
@@c.b.-11 Ummm...the Brown Bomber knocked Braddock out in the 8th.
Then...Louis never lost another fight until after he retired for awhile.
Only coming back because the criminal IRS went after him for donating money for the war effort...something he did at least 2 times...! Shameful...to treat a patriot in such a way. A black stain on American History and this is the reason schools don't teach about the Great Joe Louis.
Great show as always can we get the greatest featherweight of all time Sandy Saddler
James j braddock had nothing to be ashamed of against Joe louis. Joe luis was fast and powerful and cracked a great chin.
Can never get enough Joe Louis, thank you
Yessir! Joes skill and technique was insane
Ha just noticed your name 👍
@@MousyBScrappin how long have you been a Joe Louis fan?
@@williepep-fy7qm not long, just discovered how good he was within the past year or 2. I underestimated how good he, Sugary Ray Robinson and many other old timers were til some research opened my eyes
@@MousyBScrappin same! Better late than never he made me fall in love with boxing in the past year
Man you really starved me of my motivation
World class commentary that is lacking in today's fight game. We need more of this to drown out the crass speech of the current generation.
Wow. I was always under the assumption that Joe Loius was the reigning champion when Max Schmeling beat him in '36. I never knew that Braddock was the title holder at the time.
Scheming and Louis were both top contenders when Scheming KO'd Louis. Louis was the champion when they met again and Louis KO'd Scheming in the first round.
I knew that one. When Max beat Louis Joe Guild was like I can make any contract terms I want and got it.
@@bartsullivan4866 You mean Joe Jacobs?
Another fact was that the fight against Louis was his first defense of the title he had won two years earlier
Was wondering where you guys been
Fantastic video! Srsly love your docs 💯👍
Great job. I came for the Braddock fight and I got a excellent history lesson on boxing👍
Boy, Schmeling really gave Joe a beat down in their first fight --- never saw young Louis this hurt during his prime years. What of course they did not show here was how Louis made short work of Schmeling in their rematch 2 years later, utterly destroying him with a 1st round KO.
He exposed a huge flaw in Joe Louis's game that he was just so talented that he didn't have to fix till this fight. If you seeing their rematch he didn't have that same flaw anymore and he absolutely destroyed him.
@@dscwac396 ... Mayweather Jnr has no boxing flaws. He's boxes the heads off these boxers.
@@dappadondadda100 training has come a long way since these days but Mayweather is so fast and good at defending he could literally throw 15 punches a round like an assassin and murder you.
@@dappadondadda100 I honestly think the goat is Sugar Ray Leonard and Robinson they could slug defend move and dance.
They Remained Friends Until Joe Lewis Death.🥰🥰❤️💜🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
Thanks these really get me motivated to workout on those down days
This was a time when men fought to eat. All of the old time boxers would have eaten today’s crop of heavyweights for breakfast. These guys fought with gloves that had straw stuffing in them and took punches that would have knocked an elephant out. Today’s lot fight once or twice a year and get paid multi millions but the old guys fought every month or so. Brilliant video. 👍👍
They really wouldnt mate. Most of the heavyweights back then would be cruiserweight nowadays
@@micahbodha6129And yet they'd still outwork and outbox most of the lumbering giants of today.
Other weight classes as well
Thank you for another great video.
And an awesome way of putting all of this into the perspective of the times which this took place.
I'm so glad I subscribed to this channel!
I read the book & loved it.
I saw this video & loved it.
Excellent documentary, I hope millions will watch it.
Anybody going into the ring with Joe Louis had brass balls. So what did we learn boys and girls if you want to be a contender knockout as many former champions as possible until you are the #1 contender and the champion has to come to you. 10% of all Joe Louis's fight for the next 10 years has to be one of the best deals in sports history besides Bobby Bonilla contract with the Mets. I had no idea James knocked Joe down that was a shocker. I knew James took a beating against Joe but he did make it 8 rounds that is massively impressive but that knockout by Joe was brutal. I loved the movie though probably Russell Crowe's best.
Braddock vs Baer gives echoes of Fury vs Wilder.
Supposedly, Joe Louis said Braddock was the most courageous boxer he ever fought.
Good business call getting 10% of Joe Lewis. Both Fighters have a lot of heart
Gr8 doc !!! Bravo 👏
Would you consider doing a video about boxer's "brawlers" showmans? Boxers that weren't particularly good, and almost won no title fights, if they won one at all, but that still managed to gather huge crowds to their fights for the simple reason that their No-Defense, All-Offence, constant punching and getting punched style, attracted the most morbid of people that didn't want to see a boxing match, they wanted to see violence and blood like if it were ancient Rome. Boxers like Benny "Kid" Paret, or Jose Maria Gatica, boxers that in their fights would promise blood, either from themselves or from their opponents, it didn't matter which one.
this man would fight on an empty stomach
Joe put legacy first in that Braddock fight. But that was a bum deal. Jim is a buzzard for that one.
Smartest man in boxing history....He got 10% of all proceeds from Joe Louis's fights for the next 10 years. Thats a long damn time, im curious how much it amounted to
That makes him a cowardly thief . NOT a champion . He wanted the biggest benefit possible because he "KNEW " that he was not man enough to beat his challenger . A qualified but racially penalized Joe Louis in a country that would put every advantage possibble in favor of the Champion because of his Challenger's skin tone.
He only got that 10% because the boxing world was united and "On Code" to prevent another black world champion.
And you applaud that?
Just proves that there is no honor among thieves.
@@MrWARHAMMER68 It had nothing to do with race and everything to do with capitalizing on Joe Louis's loss to Max Schmelling and at the same time give hitler the finger. Had Louis won his fight this wouldnt be possible to do and thats proof it wasnt about race. Thats genius for your legacy and financial future, ive never heard of any contract like that since then.
@Trenton Ghorley it had everything ti do with race. So Braddock himself didn't have a loss? All of them had losses.
But no black was offered a title shot in over 40 years since Jack Jonson. Lewis had to take that criminally raw deal because the entire boxing world was against him getting a title shot in the first place. And it had nothing to do with merit. Did you see what Lewis did to your boy Braddock when he got that opportunity?
@@MrWARHAMMER68 it was definitely a dirty move I agree I don't buy into all the Braddock was a nice guy bullshit that movie made him seem like an innocent angel Max Baer was not a bad guy either once again that dumb movie screwed up baers legacy too
@@MrWARHAMMER68 I hate Braddock, hes not my boy. I watched this to watch Louis kick his ass. Your missing the point, Louis was the number 1 contender to fight Braddock when he lost to Max Schmelling. That meant that Louis was now the number 2 contender and Schmelling had a shot at the title now. But to stick it to the nazis they gave Louis the title shot anyway and because they knew they did Louis a huge favor they got their 10%. If not for Braddock we may never have seen Louis as a champion and instead had Schmelling
Back when there was no commission and SO MANY "loaded gloves", j-ws were champions... like Baer... where are they TODAY?!??! They were all CREATING back then... which is why so many people "died" back then, LOADED GLOVES!!!
Smaller gloves, not do much loaded gloves..
And many other decades had more deaths than this era
Thanks!
Thank you
“It was BAERly a contest.” I see what you did there😂
Please do a video about Acelino Popó Freitas
Maybe Max Baer wasn’t quite the “blood lusting animal” they made him out to be. But as you can see here in the Primo Carnera fight clip, After the ref stopped the fight, he throws a mean Hard right hand on Primo. THIS is why he is portrayed as a monster. You can literally see the Anger his face when he throws. He may not have been a monster Out of the ring, but once he stepped thru those ropes, he most Certainly became one! He was Well known for dirty fighting and he didn’t even hide it. Throwing back hands was one thing you can see in Every one of his fights. He was definitely no angel. He Totally deserved the nasty beat down he got from Joe Louis
Max was considered the comedy act of the division. Guy was crazy in the ring
Jim Braddock was quoted as saying that Max Baer was too nice of a person to have been a boxer.
@@davidbrandel1311 I’m aware. Nonetheless everything I said is Fact. I became a big Braddock fan after seeing Cinderella Man and started watching documentaries and read two books. One about Braddock and one about Baer. It’s true, outside the ring Baer was nice and a clown. He felt horrible for killing Frankie Campbell and Ernie Schaff too. But he did. Something changed when he stepped thru those ropes, man
Brother you should start a spotify And do these same stories but in the form of a Podcast as well.
Do a pod cast in same story format and people would listen
After Braddock won the belt why didn't he take a few more fights to earn more money before fighting Louis?
Braddock had exhibition fights, product endorsements, and appearances in interviews on film to make money in 1936 as champ.
No guarantee he'd win said fights
@@dcrutch434 in those days, a champ could make more out of the ring than in.
Because his next fight was going to be against Max Schmeling and they were afraid that Max would win in a title will be in Germany
It’s easy to fight in life when you’re winning, but it’s knowing how to fight when you’re losing that counts.
I ran out of the room screaming.
Can you do Riddick Bowe video next?
He didn't retire...he had his license revoked
My Grandpaw was there to see him win the championship. I don't like that nine minutes in and this is turning into a race thing. When Braddock and Lewis fought people of ALL colors were pulling for the working man and only after Joe (my favorite) won later on did most folks turn this thing into race and it continues to this day which is sick.
How is bad ?
When someone puts a video up claiming it's about a certain champ and ends up talking about and cenetring in on two other champs that would be called disenginuous almost to the point of spamming. The champ the video was about had nothing to do with Jack Johnson for example. Today everyone is racist and everyone wants to make everything about race. They just can't control themselves.@@lexkanyima2195
@@joeallenboxingI agree with you. You just can't watch a Joe Louis documentary without half the runtime being dedicated on race racism and progress. It's like poor Louis is used as a pawn to drive a political agenda.
JESUS CHRIST LOUCHRAN WHEN HE FOUGHT BRADDOCK FOR THE LHW TITLE WAS A PROFFESSIONAL BOXER FOR 10 YRS AND HAD 114 FIGHTS 11. 4 FIGHTS PER YEAR MEANS A FIGHT EVERY 31 DAYS THATS OFF THE SCALE
That's how these guys did it back then. Now, today, we have champions and contenders fight once or two times a year. Nothing but primary Donna's today.
I heard an old recording I don't know who said it off the top of my head, might have been a trainer. But he said you move up weight classes because you win and you can afford to eat. Those old guys sterner stuff
I heard about The Dimming years ago on Jeff Rense and Dane has been sounding the alarm for quite some time as you mentioned. I think you should send him this video because you did an excellent presentation of the effort to block out the sun. I don't think I have ever seen it so localized and complete. Very targeted.
Please do Len Johnson (British boxer).
Max Baer actually donated money to his deceased opponent's family, a little known fact.
Max dies at only aged 53, perhaps from the internal strain he suffered.
Thank you, after all even boxers ARE human, too.
Joe Louis's story goes on and it is a sad one. His trailers add his promoter screwed him over so bad that it affected Joe throughout his life. If I'm not mistaken he died broke
There is no shame losing to Joe Louis at any stage of your career or his.
"The world" didn't go broke... powerful j-ws did VERY WELL during the "depression"...
@Just think lol... not proportionally...
Poor Max got screwed off a title shot
He got a rematch after louis won the title and got destroyed
Got screwed? Clearly you don't know nothing, Max was a champion he beat primo carnera.
@@ernestorodriguez6392 I think he's probably referring to Jim Braddock giving the title shot to Joe Louis instead of to Max Schmeling, after Schmeling had just knocked out Louis. Schmeling had been champ earlier too, of course, but should have been given another shot as he was again the number one contender.
@@jdee3421 That makes sense thank you sir
@@ernestorodriguez6392 You're welcome.
the movie cinderella man said that he lost his license. interesting that movie wasn't very accurate anyway it made max baer out to be a heartless thug who took pride in killing too men in the ring when the opposite is true.
Jimmy Braddock -- Heavyweight Champion of the Eorld and Hey- Joe Lewis- You Sir Cannot take that away from Mr Jimmy Braddock !
Jimmy Braddock Heavyweight Champion 🏆 Of The World 🌎
Louis was also 9 years younger than Jimmy,
I still can't get over how good the makeup department et al in Cinderella Man was at getting Russell Crowe to look like Braddock. Yeah, I know the movie did Max dirty, but that movie did a great job recreating this era.
James Thibeault was Joe Louis part of story included in movie?
Joe louis was quite a bit younger than Braddock when he took the title from Braddock. In fact Louis was the same number of years older than Marciano, when Marciano took the title from Louis.
Marciano didn't take the title from Louis he took it from Jersey joe Walcott Marciano was the defending champion when he fought Louis.
@@pughoneycutt1986 OK, but Louis was the same number of years older than Marciano as Louis was younger than Braddock when he took the title from Braddock.
@@pughoneycutt1986 by the way pugly, why don't you use your real name for your ID? are you a troll or is that your real name, pugly?
@@pughoneycutt1986 Marciano was not the HW champ when he fought Louis. He was an up and comer!
@carlomiller1984 that is who I am, BTW do you know what a pug is? It's an old boxer .
Jimmy Braddock Heavyweight Champion 🏆 Of The World 🌎
Nice video! Sent you an email to check up on you buddy.
If max baer had not thrown that fight to braddock, we would never have heard of the "cinderella man" max was a kind hearted person who didn't care about being champion. he also "tanked," for joe louis. he could have easily defeated both louis and braddock. max knew braddock needed the money and louis needed the respect.
Your nuts
Not Chuck Norris? Colonel James Braddock?
WOW, what kind of crap contract was that ? Black man gives up 10 percent of every fight for 10 years ? No wonder he died broke .
Well what happened to the other 90 percent?
Being fair Johnson also flaunted himself whereas Joe Louis was actually more humble
I read the other comments and the are all about boxing?
Don King said that Jim Braddock broke the color barrier in boxing. That tells u all u need to know.
Corn Griffin to be the No 2 contender before the Braddock fight? I don't think so. In the rings annual ratings he never even reached the Top-10. Is there any proof for this theory? BTW in my opinion Braddock should have faced Max Schmeling for the title in '36 or '37.
I love this man’s story , what a great American. He pays back welfare and that makes him the most famous boxer ever . A real sea biscuit.
Jack sharks was the only man to fight both Louis and Jack Dempsey
Thought this was about Braddock not Lewis.
Joe Louis ❤
Pioneer of jab and grab???
Uhmmm overlook jack johnson much)
Lochranza style reminds me of Ali’s…
How did Braddock die?
Max Baer's son went on to play Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Portrayed as a sadistic psychotic monster in the movie Cinderella Man “ Max Baer was a amiable affable and according to friends and family was “ jolly and full of laughter “ BaerSR never insulted Jim Braddock and his wife Mae in a nightclub pure fiction. After the Frankie Campbell tragedy Baer was banned from Boxing in California for a year. So Max went to New York his first opponent in New York City was supposed to be a Pslooka named Jim Braddock , but the NY SAC wouxnt sanction the bout. They deemed it too much of “ a Mismatch”. So Baer fought Ernie Schaaf instead. Later Baer who lost the decision to Ernie would knock Ernie cold at the end of their 2 nd bout. Max BaerSR had nothing to do with Ernie’s death. Ernie would fight six more times. Primo Carnera went to his grave thinking he had killedErnie. But Ernie died from pneumonia and meningitis brought on by his influenza. When the Braddock fight was announced Baer said” Jim and I have been friends for a long time,and I hope we will still be friends.. At he final bell Max Baer grabbed Braddock by the shoulders and said “ Congratulations Jim,you did it,I hope you make a ton of dough “!!!! Baer was upset because in 1930 the NYSAC didn’t think Braddock was a suitable opponent for Baer and now five years later he was. Baer had an offer of 350 K from a promoter in Europe to fight a rematch with Germany s Max Schmeling but Baer honored his contract with the NYSAC and fought Braddock. Before Cinderella Man was released in Cinemas Max Baer JR said” I hope they don’t make my dad look like MRT in Rocky 3. After seeing the film Baer JR said “ they made my dad look worse than MR T in Rocky III””
Braddock was tough, a real hard worker...
Please look at the history, though, of Joe Louis.
He donated over $90,000.00 to the Navy Relief Society, never saw anything from his two fights for charity.
Then the mighty IRS came after him years later for taxes on money he never saw!
What a system we have, eh?
Perhaps that is why Frank Sinatra stepped in and helped Joe obtain a position as a greeter at a Vegas casino, to rebuild his pride later in life
He also was patriotic, as Joe had been.
There's so much of the real history that seems to escape the youth of today.
@@RichardFreeman-gk1pd it was criminal what the US Govt did to Joe.
Still, Braddock got 10% of every Louis fight after that.
After a knockout like that, you need to have something else to count on, cause you ain't getting back in the ring after that.
I'm positive Jim had no interest in a rematch.
Arguably Louis is seen as the goat.
Even Marciano who knocked him out said, I don't think I could have beaten him in his prime.
I'll take Dempsey first, Marciano second
VERY INTERESTING REGARDING
JAMES BRADDOCK.
JACK JOHNSON AND JOE LEWIS NOT SO MUCH.
No, no suicides took place that day.
Baer fought Louis with a broken right hand. Likely would've lost but would've been a far better fight.
Max Baer did not have a broken hand when he fought Joe Louis, that's a myth
@@alexwillis7093it's a very persistent myth that's for sure.
It didn't look to me as though he fought with a broken right but do you have any evidence to dispel the myth?
@@Pedro_Le_Chef yes I have got evidence This appeared in the papers of the time.
Dr Frederick E, Elliott made a dozen or more x-ray pictures of Baer's hands. These will be studied and there results given to the commissioner within 24 hours.
The Evening Independent, August 22, 1935.
Baer comes to the ring tonight in better shape than he has been in three years.
There are last minute rumours that his right hand is badly bruised.
Earlier x-ray plates failed to show the slightest trace of injury.
The Pittsburgh Press, September 24, 1935.
@@alexwillis7093Thank you.
Can you tell me where you got this from?
I'm going to use it whenever someone tries to argue that Baer came into the ring with a broken hand.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef search "Joe Louis vs Max Baer boxrec".
The first link is the fight summary, open the page at the bottom is a number of links too old news paper articles.
17:26, the look of a man that pimped the fight game 😂
How about Joe Lewis punching that left arm of Braddock to clear the way for the right ... freaking unbelievable
And to Rhythm Boxing I Challenge you next time to stick to your narrative which was Jimmy Braddock not Joe Lewis. And with that I'm texting you a KO.
Oh wow... his "manager" was a j-w... go figure!
The truth is not one person jump from the buildings on the fall of the stock market. MGM
B.S.
Love jimmy,but give Joe lewis his due
Love the movie However Joe Louis. Knock him Out. Lost his title.🥰🥰🥰
F that. In order for Joe Louis to get that fight, Braddocks manager got 10% of his purse forever. I hate that. Not Braddocks fault but I can’t be a fan.
These stories are such nonsense!! if you was so "poor", where does all the FOOTAGE of him come from? Old footage like that was EXPENSIVE to produce, so how did such a "poor man" have so much footage of his REGULAR life?