Joe Louis
Joe Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber". Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights; a 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles, was a challenge to Charles' heavyweight title and so is not included in Louis' reign. Louis was victorious in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth13 May 1914
CountryUnited States of America
Everybody wants to go heaven, but nobody wants to die.
A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.
I can show you how to box. I can teach you every technique and trick I know, but I can never make you a fighter. That comes from inside, and it's something no one else can ever give you.
The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.
You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.
Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.
If you gotta tell them who you are, you ain't nobody.
He can run, but he can't hide.
We're going to do our part and we'll win because we're on God's side.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.