For 12 years — longer than any fighter past or present — Joe Louis would be the undisputed king of boxing. So dominant, in fact, that the “Brown Bomber” transcended the stringent racial barriers of ...
On Jan. 9, 1942, heavyweight champion Joe Louis won his 20th straight title defense, knocking out Buddy Baer in the first round. The next day, he enlisted in the Army. For good measure, Louis donated ...
Like previous biographies of the boxer, the book, subtitled “Joe Louis’s Battle for Freedom During World War II,” underscores his patriotism. But Smith and Roberts take the story further, discrediting ...
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