Ezzard Charles vs. Joe Louis - Revision history

Artur128 at 23:18, 4 June 2025

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	\| NBA \|\| NR \|\| 05.07.1950 \|\| 05.07.1950		\| NBA \|\| NR \|\| 05.07.1950 \|\| 05.07.1950
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	\| Ring\|\| ~~N/A~~ \|\| ~~N/A~~ \|\| ~~N/A~~		\| Ring\|\| NR \|\| 15.05.1950 \|\| by 31.05.1950
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	\| Ring\|\| ~~N/A~~ \|\| ~~N/A~~ \|\| ~~N/A~~		\| Ring\|\| NR \|\| 15.05.1950 \|\| by 31.05.1950
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	\| Ring\|\| ~~N/A~~ \|\| ~~N/A~~ \|\| ~~N/A~~		\| Ring\|\| NR \|\| 15.03.1950 \|\| by 04.05.1950
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 <fight>19858</fight>
 *'''[[National Boxing Association]] World Heavyweight Championship''' (4th defense by Charles)
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 ==Notes==
 *Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
 *On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/]
 *On August 18, United Press reported that both Louis and Charles had signed the deal that day, making the fight official.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/428428595/]
 *This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.
 *Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.

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	*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.		*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
	*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/]		*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/]
	*On August 19, United Press reported that Louis had signed the deal, making the fight official.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/~~695450557~~/]		*On August 18, United Press reported that both Louis and Charles had signed the deal that day, making the fight official.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/428428595/]
	*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.		*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.
	*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.		*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.

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	*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.		*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
	*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/]		*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/]
	*~~Bout~~ official ~~on August 18~~.		*On August 19, United Press reported that Louis had signed the deal, making the fight official.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/695450557/]
	*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.		*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.
	*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.		*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.		*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
	*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/~~?match=1&terms=%22ezzard%20charles%22%20%22joe%20Louis%22%20signed~~]		*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/]
	*Bout official on August 18.		*Bout official on August 18.
	*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.		*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.		*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
			*On August 17, managers of both Louis and Charles reached a verbal agreement over the phone to have the fight on September 27 at Yankee Stadium.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/108449674/?match=1&terms=%22ezzard%20charles%22%20%22joe%20Louis%22%20signed]
	*Bout official on August 18.		*Bout official on August 18.
	*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.		*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.		*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
			*Bout official on August 18.
	*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.		*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.
	*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.		*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.

Boxsoup at 19:40, 21 November 2014

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	[[~~file~~:Louis~~-Charles.Program~~.jpg\|right\|thumb\|~~400px\|Program Cover~~]]		[[File:Charles-Louis IH176194.jpg\|right\|400px\|thumb\|Charles hits Louis with a right]]
	<fight>19858</fight>		<fight>19858</fight>
			*'''[[National Boxing Association]] World Heavyweight Championship''' (4th defense by Charles)
			*[[:Image:Louis-Charles.Program.jpg\|Program Cover]]
			*[[:File:F19858T.JPG\|Ticket]]

	~~'''~~World Heavyweight ~~Title~~'''		==Notes==
	*~~After this~~ fight, ~~Charles became universally recognized as~~ the ~~World Heavyweight Champion~~.		*Louis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] in March 1949. In need of money, he returned to fight Charles.
	*~~This was~~ the ~~heaviest Joe Louis ever weighed~~ for ~~a title bout~~.		*This was Louis' first fight in two years and three months.
	*[[~~:File:F19858T~~.~~JPG\|Ticket~~]]		*Louis' purse was $100,458, and Charles' was $57,405.
			*A crowd of 22,357 at Yankee Stadium produced a gross gate of $205,370.
			*Radio and television brought in $140,000.
			*The fight was televised live on television by CBS.
			*Louis was a 2 to 1 betting favorite.
			*At the official weigh-in, Louis tipped the scales at 218 pounds, which was the heaviest of his career at that time.
			*The Associated Press scored the fight for Charles, twelve rounds to two with one even.
			*Entering the fight, Charles was recognized as the Heavyweight Champion of the World only by the [[National Boxing Association]]. After defeating Louis, all except the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] recognized Charles as champion. The BBBofC's champion was [[Lee Savold]]. After Louis knocked out Savold in June 1951, the BBBofC declared Charles the champion.

Ric: linked to ticket image; noted this was a title bout

2010-12-14T18:35:57Z

linked to ticket image; noted this was a title bout

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	[[file:Louis-Charles.Program.jpg\|right\|Program Cover]]		[[file:Louis-Charles.Program.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|Program Cover]]
	<fight>19858</fight>		<fight>19858</fight>

			'''World Heavyweight Title'''
			*After this fight, Charles became universally recognized as the World Heavyweight Champion.
	*This was the heaviest Joe Louis ever weighed for a title bout.		*This was the heaviest Joe Louis ever weighed for a title bout.
			*[[:File:F19858T.JPG\|Ticket]]

Ric: factoid added (from ESPN-TV film shown 4/17/09)

2009-04-18T06:24:48Z

factoid added (from ESPN-TV film shown 4/17/09)

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			*This was the heaviest Joe Louis ever weighed for a title bout.