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But as the fight approaches, Davis said he's no longer bothered and chalks up Romero's antics as a method of both inspiring himself and selling the fight. He said the verbal warfare will not interfere with his focus in the ring. We know awkward. Real fighters know awkward fighters. He's not an awkward fighter. He's just a dumb fighter. I'm not trying to be funny," Davis said. Those who have followed Romero's career know he doesn't lack confidence and, although it's far from unusual for a prize fighter to assert his perceived superiority over an opponent, Romero is still far more persuasive than most.

Although he lacks the big-stage and title-fight experience of Davis, Romero has maintained since the fight was signed that he believes he's the better fighter and will start receiving the recognition he deserves after he scores the upset Saturday night. The brash year-old Las Vegas native also has repeatedly predicted a victory by first-round knockout. It's about time he gets in the ring with me. I'm built for this moment and this fight," Romero told the media this week.

Davis obviously isn't built for this. He can't even say a word. I'm the superstar here. I'm going to go in there and beat him up. That's my only game plan. Make your money betting on me in this fight. We're all going to get rich together. Romero picks Wise likes the under 6. He thought I had given him the fight and the world championship! I literally ran away, shaking my head and shouting. That's the last time my emotions will get the better of me in a prize fight! There was much booing at the announced result, but, as I say it, it was all emotional.

I gave Tommy two rounds and one even—and both his winning rounds were close. Max Schmeling The rematch between Louis and Schmeling would become one of the most famous boxing matches of all time and is remembered as one of the major sports events of the 20th century. Schmeling's victory over an African American was touted by Nazi officials as proof of their doctrine of Aryan superiority.

When the rematch was scheduled, Louis retreated to his boxing camp in New Jersey and trained incessantly for the fight. Roosevelt told him, "Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany. I had my own personal reasons and the whole damned country was depending on me. Schmeling's hotel was picketed by anti-Nazi protesters in the days before the fight. The fight was held in Yankee Stadium before a crowd of 70, Schmeling was knocked down three times and only managed to throw two punches in the entire bout.

On the third knockdown, Schmeling's trainer threw in the towel and referee Arthur Donovan stopped the fight. The pace of his title defenses, combined with his convincing wins, earned Louis's opponents from this era the collective nickname "Bum of the Month Club".

Louis won the first bout by a split-decision , and the rematch by a knockout in the eighth round. The popular local challenger dodged his way around Louis before being unable to respond to the sixth-round bell. Despite a unique crouching style, Musto was slowly worn down over eight and a half rounds in St. Referee Arthur Donovan disqualified Baer before the beginning of the seventh round as a result of stalling by Baer's manager. Of the 12 fighters Louis faced during this period, five were rated by The Ring as top heavyweights in the year they fought Louis: Galento overall 2 heavyweight in , Bob Pastor 3, , Godoy 3, , Simon 6, and Baer 8, ; four others Musto, Dorazio, Burman and Johnny Paychek were ranked in the top 10 in a different year.

This prompted Louis's famous response: "He can run, but he can't hide. In his autobiography, Joe Louis said: I made a mistake going into that fight. I knew Conn was kinda small and I didn't want them to say in the papers that I beat up on some little guy so the day before the fight I did a little roadwork to break a sweat and drank as little water as possible so I could weigh in under pounds. Chappie was as mad as hell.

But Conn was a clever fighter, he was like a mosquito, he'd sting and move. By the eighth round, Louis began suffering from dehydration. By the twelfth round, Louis was exhausted, with Conn ahead on two of three boxing scorecards. But against the advice of his corner, Conn continued to closely engage Louis in the later stages of the fight. Louis made the most of the opportunity, knocking Conn out with two seconds left in the thirteenth round. The rematch had to be abruptly canceled, however, after Conn broke his hand in a much-publicized fight with his father-in-law, Major League ballplayer Jimmy "Greenfield" Smith.

Slowly, the press began to eliminate its stereotypical racial references when covering Louis and instead treated him as a sports hero. For basic training, Louis was assigned to a segregated cavalry unit based in Fort Riley , Kansas. The assignment was at the suggestion of his friend and lawyer Truman Gibson , who knew of Louis's love for horsemanship. Accordingly, Louis used this personal connection to help the cause of various black soldiers with whom he came into contact.

In one noted episode, Louis contacted Gibson in order to facilitate the Officer Candidate School OCS applications of a group of black recruits at Fort Riley, which had been inexplicably delayed for several months. When he was asked about his decision to enter the racially segregated U.

Army, he said: "Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them. He appeared as himself in a musical number, "The Well-Dressed Man in Harlem," which emphasized the importance of African-American soldiers and promoted their enlistment. Louis's celebrity power was not, however, merely directed toward African Americans.

In a famous wartime recruitment slogan, he echoed his prior comments of "We'll win, because we're on God's side. During his travels, he often experienced blatant racism. On one occasion, a military policeman MP ordered Louis and Ray Robinson to move their seats to a bench in the rear of an Alabama Army camp bus depot.

The MP tried to arrest them, but Louis forcefully argued the pair out of the situation. Jackie Robinson, who had also resisted being told to move his seat on a southern bus, resulting in his punching a captain who had called Robinson a "nigger". On September 23 of the same year, he was awarded the Legion of Merit a military decoration rarely awarded to enlisted soldiers for "incalculable contribution to the general morale".

On June 19, a disappointing 40, saw the rematch at Yankee Stadium, [72] in which Louis was not seriously tested. Conn, whose skills had deteriorated during the long layoff, largely avoided contact until being dispatched by knockout in the eighth round. Although the attendance did not meet expectations, the fight was still the most profitable of Louis's career to date. Walcott entered the fight as a to-1 underdog. Nevertheless, Walcott knocked down Louis twice in the first four rounds.

Most observers in Madison Square Garden felt Walcott dominated the round fight. When Louis was declared the winner in a split decision, the crowd booed. Determined to win and retire with his title intact, Louis signed on for a rematch. Walcott knocked Louis down in the third round, but Louis survived to knock out Walcott in the eleventh. As he had done earlier in his career, however, Louis would continue to appear in numerous exhibition matches worldwide.

After asking Gibson to take over his personal finances and switching his management from Jacobs and Roxborough to Marshall Miles, [54] [86] the Louis camp negotiated a deal with the IRS under which Louis would come out of retirement, with all Louis's net proceeds going to the IRS.

A match with Ezzard Charles —who had acquired the vacant heavyweight title in June by outpointing Walcott—was set for September 27, By then, Louis was 36 years old and had been away from competitive boxing for two years. Weighing in at pounds, Louis was still strong, but his reflexes were gone and Charles repeatedly beat him to the punch. By the end of the fight, Louis was cut above both eyes, one of which was shut tight by swelling.

He was going to take a vicious, savage beating. Before the eyes of the nation, Joe Louis, an American hero if ever there was one, was going to get beaten up. Marciano also attempted to console Louis, saying, "I'm sorry, Joe. I guess everything happens for the best. He would, as before, continue to tour on the exhibition circuit, with his last contest taking place on December 16, , in Taipei, Taiwan , against Corporal Buford J. The former rivals became close friends in later life.

A combination of this largesse and government intervention eventually put Louis in severe financial straits. His entrusting of his finances to former manager Mike Jacobs haunted him. He appeared on various quiz shows , [93] and an old Army friend, Ash Resnick, gave Louis a job greeting tourists to the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas , where Resnick was an executive.

He made his professional wrestling debut on March 16, , in Washington, D. After defeating Lee in a few matches, Louis discovered he had a heart ailment and retired from wrestling competition. However, he continued as a wrestling referee until When Louis fell on hard financial times, Dempsey served as honorary chairman of a fund to assist Louis.

He was a long-time devotee of the sport since being introduced to the game before the first Schmeling fight in In , Louis was invited to play as an amateur in the San Diego Open on a sponsor's exemption, which was announced at the time as his being the first African American to play a PGA Tour event. Open-- all ahead of the San Diego Open that drew widespread coverage due to Louis's presence. The PGA also has granted posthumous honorary membership to Louis.

They divorced in March only to remarry a year later, but were again divorced in February Patrick's Day —lasted until his death. The younger Joe Louis Barrow Jr. Joe and Marva Louis endorsed and campaigned for liberal, anti-segregation Republican candidate Wendell Willkie in the United States presidential election. It gave me everything I have. I have never come out for any candidate before but I think Wendell L. Willkie will give us a square deal. So I am for Willkie because I think he will help my people, and I figure my people should be for him, too.

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