Jim Braddock vs. Joe Louis - Revision history

Artur128 at 23:20, 5 December 2025

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	*[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/338441-the-ring-celebrates-the-100th-anniversary-of-joe-louis-birth "The Ring celebrates the 100th anniversary of Joe Louis’ birth" by Lee Grooves, RingTV.com, May 12, 2014]		*[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/338441-the-ring-celebrates-the-100th-anniversary-of-joe-louis-birth "The Ring celebrates the 100th anniversary of Joe Louis’ birth" by Lee Grooves, RingTV.com, May 12, 2014]
	*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 Louis vs. Braddock highlights on YouTube]		*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 Louis vs. Braddock highlights on YouTube]

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	*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo of the stadium]]		*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo of the stadium]]
	*[[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo of the crowd]]		*[[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo of the crowd]]
			*[[:File:Pr19817.JPG\|Program cover]]

	James J. Braddock won the World Heavyweight Championship from [[Max Baer]] on June 13, 1935. Baer, a lethal puncher, was a 10-1 betting favorite.		James J. Braddock won the World Heavyweight Championship from [[Max Baer]] on June 13, 1935. Baer, a lethal puncher, was a 10-1 betting favorite.

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	[[File:Louis-Braddock BE054305.jpg\|right\|thumb\|450px\|Louis puts Braddock down for the count]]		[[File:Louis-Braddock BE054305.jpg\|right\|thumb\|450px\|Louis puts Braddock down for the count in round eight.]]
	<fight>19817</fight>		<fight>19817</fight>
	*'''World Heavyweight ~~Title~~''' (1st defense by Braddock)		*'''World Heavyweight Championship''' (1st defense by Braddock)
	*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo of the stadium]]		*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo of the stadium]]
	*[[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo of the crowd]]		*[[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo of the crowd]]

	James J. Braddock won the World Heavyweight Championship from ~~lethal puncher~~ [[Max Baer]] in 1935. ~~The victory~~ was ~~described as one of the biggest upsets in ring history~~.		James J. Braddock won the World Heavyweight Championship from [[Max Baer]] on June 13, 1935. Baer, a lethal puncher, was a 10-1 betting favorite.

	~~Braddock was supposed to defend the title against former~~ champion [[Max Schmeling]], who knocked out Louis the ~~previous year~~, ~~in September~~ 1936, ~~but~~ Braddock ~~was offered~~ a ~~better deal~~ to fight Louis. Braddock ~~was guaranteed~~ a purse of $300,000 and ten percent of promoter ~~[[Mike Jacobs]]~~' net profits from promoting Louis over the next decade.		Former champion [[Max Schmeling]], who knocked out Joe Louis on June 19, 1936, was scheduled to fight Braddock for the championship on September 26, 1936. However, Braddock withdrew from the fight on August 18 due to a hand injury.

			Braddock and Louis signed to fight at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox, on June 22, 1937. Promoter [[Mike Jacobs]], who represented Louis, convinced Braddock to fight Louis instead of Schmeling. Jacobs guaranteed Braddock a purse of $300,000 and ten percent of the promoter's net profits from promoting Louis over the next decade.

	One minute into the first round, Braddock and Louis started to exchange punches, and Braddock dropped Louis with a right uppercut to the chin. Louis got up quickly and went on to dominate the rest of the bout. Due to severe bleeding and a badly swollen face, Braddock's manager, [[Joe Gould]], wanted to stop the bout between rounds seven and eight, but Braddock convinced Gould to let him go on.		One minute into the first round, Braddock and Louis started to exchange punches, and Braddock dropped Louis with a right uppercut to the chin. Louis got up quickly and went on to dominate the rest of the bout. Due to severe bleeding and a badly swollen face, Braddock's manager, [[Joe Gould]], wanted to stop the bout between rounds seven and eight, but Braddock convinced Gould to let him go on.
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	Braddock later said, "When he hit me with that left-right combination, I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks."		Braddock later said, "When he hit me with that left-right combination, I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks."

	Louis was the only person who managed to put ~~Braddock~~ down for the referee's count of ten~~. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career, and he got up both times to win the fight~~.		Entering the fight against Louis, Braddock had been knocked down just twice, and he got up each time to win. Louis was the only person who managed to put him down for the referee's count of ten.

	Louis held the title for twelve years and defended it twenty-five times, both records for all weight divisions.		Louis held the title for twelve years and defended it twenty-five times, both records for all weight divisions.

	==External ~~Link~~==		==External Links==
	[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 Louis vs. Braddock highlights on YouTube]		*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19360818&id=XIkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mNIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5207,2456890&hl=en "Braddock Bout With Schmeling Postponed; Champ's Hand Injured" Associated Press, August 18, 1936]
			*[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/338441-the-ring-celebrates-the-100th-anniversary-of-joe-louis-birth "The Ring celebrates the 100th anniversary of Joe Louis’ birth" by Lee Grooves, RingTV.com, May 12, 2014]
			*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 Louis vs. Braddock highlights on YouTube]

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	<fight>19817</fight>		<fight>19817</fight>
	'''World Heavyweight Title'''		*'''World Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Braddock)
			*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo of the stadium]]
			*[[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo of the crowd]]

	James J. Braddock won the ~~world's heavyweight championship~~ from lethal puncher [[Max Baer]] in 1935.		James J. Braddock won the World Heavyweight Championship from lethal puncher [[Max Baer]] in 1935. The victory was described as one of the biggest upsets in ring history.
	The ~~match~~ was described as one of the biggest upsets in ring history.

	~~Jim~~ Braddock was supposed to defend the ~~heavyweight~~ title against ~~the~~ former champion [[Max Schmeling]] in September 1936 but was offered ~~almost~~ 300.000 ~~dollars if he defended it against "the Brown Bomber"~~ [[~~Joe Louis~~]] ~~instead~~.		Braddock was supposed to defend the title against former champion [[Max Schmeling]], who knocked out Louis the previous year, in September 1936, but Braddock was offered a better deal to fight Louis. Braddock was guaranteed a purse of $300,000 and ten percent of promoter [[Mike Jacobs]]' net profits from promoting Louis over the next decade.

	In the first ~~minute of~~ round ~~1 they~~ started to exchange and Braddock ~~managed to get~~ a right uppercut in Louis~~'s chin~~ and ~~knocked him down briefly, but Louis~~ went on to dominate the rest of the bout ~~all the way~~ to ~~the eighth round where Louis~~'s ~~left~~ to the ~~body~~ and ~~a hard right~~ to ~~the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted~~ him ~~out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying~~ on ~~the canvas lifelessly~~.		One minute into the first round, Braddock and Louis started to exchange punches, and Braddock dropped Louis with a right uppercut to the chin. Louis got up quickly and went on to dominate the rest of the bout. Due to severe bleeding and a badly swollen face, Braddock's manager, [[Joe Gould]], wanted to stop the bout between rounds seven and eight, but Braddock convinced Gould to let him go on.

	~~Joe~~ Louis ~~was~~ the ~~only person who managed~~ to ~~knock~~ him out~~. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career and both times he had got up to win~~.		In round eight, Louis threw a left to the body and followed with a hard right to the chin that put Braddock down. While Braddock laid lifelessly on the canvas, the referee counted him out at 1:10 of the round.

	~~[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop~~ the ~~bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly~~.		Braddock later said, "When he hit me with that left-right combination, I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks."

	Braddock ~~later said after~~ the ~~fight: "When he hit me with that left-right combination I could~~'~~ve stayed~~ down on the ~~canvas for three weeks"~~.		Louis was the only person who managed to put Braddock down for the referee's count of ten. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career, and he got up both times to win the fight.

	*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo]] of arena; [[:File:Louis-~~Braddock~~.~~jpg\|Photo]] of crowd~~		Louis held the title for twelve years and defended it twenty-five times, both records for all weight divisions.
	*Video of round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4]
			==External Link==
			[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 Louis vs. Braddock highlights on YouTube]

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	Braddock later said after the fight: "When he hit me with that left-right combination I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks".		Braddock later said after the fight: "When he hit me with that left-right combination I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks".

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	*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo]] of arena; [[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo]] of crowd		*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo]] of arena; [[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo]] of crowd
	*Video of round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4]		*Video of round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4]

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	*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo]] of arena		*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo]] of arena; [[:File:Louis-Braddock.jpg\|Photo]] of crowd
	*Video of round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4]		*Video of round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4]

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			'''World Heavyweight Title'''

	James J. Braddock won the world's heavyweight championship from lethal puncher [[Max Baer]] in 1935.		James J. Braddock won the world's heavyweight championship from lethal puncher [[Max Baer]] in 1935.
	The match was described as one of the biggest upsets in ring history.		The match was described as one of the biggest upsets in ring history.

	Jim Braddock was supposed to defend the heavyweight title against the former champion [[Max Schmeling]] in September 1936 but was offered almost 300.000 dollars if he defended it against 'the Brown Bomber' [[Joe Louis]] instead~~. So Jim Braddock met Joe Louis in the ring on June the 22nd 1937, for the heavyweight title~~.		Jim Braddock was supposed to defend the heavyweight title against the former champion [[Max Schmeling]] in September 1936 but was offered almost 300.000 dollars if he defended it against "the Brown Bomber" [[Joe Louis]] instead.

	In the first minute of round 1 they started to exchange and Braddock managed to get a right uppercut in Louis' chin and knocked him down briefly but Louis went on to dominate the rest of the bout all the way to the eighth round where Louis' left to the body and a hard right to the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted him out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying on the canvas lifelessly.		In the first minute of round 1 they started to exchange and Braddock managed to get a right uppercut in Louis's chin and knocked him down briefly, but Louis went on to dominate the rest of the bout all the way to the eighth round where Louis's left to the body and a hard right to the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted him out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying on the canvas lifelessly.

	Joe Louis was the only person who managed to knock him out. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career and both times he got up to win.		Joe Louis was the only person who managed to knock him out. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career and both times he had got up to win.

	[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop the bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly.		[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop the bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly.
	~~But Jimmy showed a heart of a champion and stood up once more to fight for his belt~~.

	Braddock later said after the fight: "When he hit me with that left-right combination I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks".		Braddock later said after the fight: "When he hit me with that left-right combination I could've stayed down on the canvas for three weeks".

	~~Here you can see~~ round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out):		----
	[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 ~~YouTube video~~]		*[[:File:ComiskeyPark37.JPG\|Photo]] of arena
			*Video of round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4]

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	In the first minute of round 1 they started to exchange and Braddock managed to get a right uppercut in Louis' chin and knocked him down briefly but Louis went on to dominate the rest of the bout all the way to the eighth round where Louis' left to the body and a hard right to the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted him out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying on the canvas lifelessly.		In the first minute of round 1 they started to exchange and Braddock managed to get a right uppercut in Louis' chin and knocked him down briefly but Louis went on to dominate the rest of the bout all the way to the eighth round where Louis' left to the body and a hard right to the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted him out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying on the canvas lifelessly.

	Joe Louis was the only person who managed to knock him out. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career ~~but always~~ got up~~. And he won both of them fights~~.		Joe Louis was the only person who managed to knock him out. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career and both times he got up to win.

	[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop the bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly.		[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop the bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly.

Ric at 02:37, 5 August 2007

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	Here you can see round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out):		Here you can see round 1 (Louis down), a part of round 2 and the ending of round 8 (Braddock down and out):
			[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 YouTube video]
	[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4 ~~James J. Braddock vs Joe Louis~~]

HSJ90 at 13:38, 1 August 2007

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	Jim Braddock was supposed to defend the heavyweight title against the former champion [[Max Schmeling]] in September 1936 but was offered almost 300.000 dollars if he defended it against 'the Brown Bomber' [[Joe Louis]] instead. So Jim Braddock met Joe Louis in the ring on June the 22nd 1937, for the heavyweight title.		Jim Braddock was supposed to defend the heavyweight title against the former champion [[Max Schmeling]] in September 1936 but was offered almost 300.000 dollars if he defended it against 'the Brown Bomber' [[Joe Louis]] instead. So Jim Braddock met Joe Louis in the ring on June the 22nd 1937, for the heavyweight title.

	In the first minute of ~~the fight~~ they started to exchange and Braddock managed to get a right uppercut in Louis' chin and knocked him down briefly but Louis went on to dominate the rest of the bout all the way to the eighth round where Louis' left to the body and a hard right to the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted him out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying on the canvas lifelessly.		In the first minute of round 1 they started to exchange and Braddock managed to get a right uppercut in Louis' chin and knocked him down briefly but Louis went on to dominate the rest of the bout all the way to the eighth round where Louis' left to the body and a hard right to the chin knocked Braddock down heavily. The referee counted him out at 1:10 of the eighth round while he was lying on the canvas lifelessly.

	Joe Louis was the only person who managed to ~~do that~~. ~~Jim Braddock~~ had been knocked down only twice before in his career but always got up. And he won both of them fights.		Joe Louis was the only person who managed to knock him out. He had been knocked down only twice before in his career but always got up. And he won both of them fights.

	[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop the bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly.		[[Joe Gould]] wanted to stop the bout in the rest period between the 7th and the 8th round since Braddock was bleeding severely and his face was swollen badly.