Great Fight Classic!!! #boxing | Boxing USA

📅 85 years ago today, September 20 1940, boxing history was made inside the ring. Joe Louis, one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, stepped in to defend his world heavyweight championship against Bob Pastor. The fight was scheduled for 20 grueling rounds, but “The Brown Bomber” once again proved why he was the most dominant champion of his era. In the 11th round, Louis unleashed his power and secured a knockout victory, successfully retaining his title. This marked his eighth consecutive

Highlights of "the most beautiful fighting machine" that was Joe Louis, who on this day 24th Sep, 1935, annihilated Max Baer before a crowd of over 90,000 at Yankee Stadium. Baer's hands were repeatedly x-rayed in the weeks leading up to this fight. His hands were declared fit. They were fit before/after Braddock too. Louis' handlers asked that Baer and his team be watched closely by the commission for illegal stimulant use, after Baer admitted before a crowd of 300, and his trainer later confir