Who is Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, a native of LaFayette, Alabama, is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions of all time. He held the title for over 11 years, recording 25 successful defenses of the title. In 2003, Ring Magazine rated Joe Louis No. 1 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 2005, Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization. He participated in 27 heavyweight championship fights, a record which still stands. In the turbulent era before World War II, he became national hero for both black and white America. Sportswriter Jimmy Cannon characterized Louis as "a credit to his race - the human race."

Early life and career Joe Louis Barrow was born on May 13, 1914, in LaFayette, Alabama, the seventh of eight children. The grandson of slaves, he was the son of Barry Barrow, a sharecropper, and Lilly Barrow. His father was committed to an asylum when Louis was just two years old, where he died just two years later. His mother re-married when Joe was seven and the family moved to Detroit in 1924. In his teens he worked for an ice company; he would later credit lifting the heavy blocks of ice with helping build his arm and upper body strength. It was during this time that he first became interested in boxing. He used money given to him by his mother for violin lessons to pay for a locker at a local recreation center. His mother was not pleased but encouraged him to do his best. Louis had a successful and lucrative amateur career which he ended with winning Michigan's Golden Gloves title. He turned professional in 1934, making his debut on July 4 of that year, knocking out Jack Kracken in the first round at Chicago, Illinois. He won 12 fights that year, all in Chicago, 10 by knockout. Among his opponents in 1934 were Art Sykes and Stanley Poreda. Originally, Joe's trainer, Jack Blackburn, wanted him to only fight other African-American boxers. Joe decided to ignore this advice and fought white boxers as well. For more, see Wikipedia, Joe Louis.

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