Lou Barba

Name: Lou Barba
Birth Name: Louis Barbagelata
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Died: 1948-03-10 (Age:41)
Height: 183cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Lou Barba served as Max Schmeling's sparring partner during 1929-1933. He fought world heavyweight champion Jim Braddock twice, both times losing on points. On December 29, 1933, Barba defeated Julius Veigh in four rounds and retired.

According to a June 5, 2005 article in the Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas) by his daughter, boxing had left Barba with negative memories of the sport. For the rest of his life he refused to watch a single round on television or in the movies. Barba never again wanted anything to do with boxing.

According to his obituary in the New York Times, March 12, 1948, Barba was not married, survived by his parents and 2 brothers. He had served as the physical director for steamships on cruises to Brazil, and during the war he saw service in the merchant marine and the Coast Guard, of which he was also a physical director. He was twice a member of ship crews that were torpedoed. He had been ailing since he was shot in the back by a member of a German submarine crew while swimming away from a torpedoed ship during the war. Barba was 41 when he passed away.