Joe Louis exhibitions prior to Carnera bout

[dawudboxer]

Hi,

Just wondering if Louis boxed in 4 exhibitions prior to the Carnera bout according to his wiki page on his record page, why have you still got one of them on his official record (Biff Bennett). Surely if you accept one you have to accept all of them? All 4 opponents weighed in which surely wasn't done for exhibitions, and all 4 took place on separate dates, when Louis would normally box more than one opponent whenever he boxed exhibitions and usually for only one round apiece. In this case they were 6 rounders. Please can someone let me know what new evidence was found to remove 3 of his fights from his record.

Thanks very much

Dawud

[dawudboxer]

Nobody seems to know why they were taken off then? If the exhibition tour was 4 fights, why is the first fight of the tour on Louis' record but not the other 3??

[wouter]

They have always been listed as exhibitions and have never been on his official record. I'm not sure why the Bennett fight is listed here, the other three have never been on his record at Boxrec. There were some contractual issues that prevented Louis from fighting in regular bouts until the Carnera fight.