5/9. History of the Heavyweight Championship

History of the Heavyweight Boxing Championship documentary - 24 champions from John L. Sullivan to Muhammad Ali.

Part 5 Fights:

Max Baer - Primo Carnera (cont)
Max Baer - James J. Braddock
Joe Louis - Lee Ramage
Joe Louis - Jack Sharkey
James J. Braddock - Joe Louis

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• boxing
• documentary
• heavyweight
• championship
• legends
• linear
• champion
• history
• John
• L.
• Sullivan
• James
• J.
• Corbett
• Bob
• Fitzsimmons
• Jeffries
• Tommy
• Burns
• Jack
• Johnson
• Jess
• Willard
• Dempsey
• Gene
• Tunney
• Max
• Schmeling
• Sharkey
• Primo
• Carnera
• Baer
• Braddock
• Joe
• Louis
• Ezzard
• Charles
• Jersey
• Walcott
• Rocky
• Marciano
• Floyd
• Patterson
• Ingemar
• Johansson
• Sonny
• Liston
• Muhammad
• Ali
• Smokin
• Frazier
• George
• Foreman
• Leon
• Spinks

[PREZ150]

If anyone wants  to learn classic 101 boxing.Look at Joe Louis just look at him.Its a sight to see.

[MrNicespaces]

Crap! Crowe looks EXACTLY like Braddock!

The GOAT = Louis.

[paladin313]

@PREZ150 True, but at this time, he only had one flaw which he needed to correct. This was something that Jack Johnson noticed right before the first Schmeling fight, wanted to show him, but Joe's handlers would not let him. So, Jack told the press Max would beat him, said how, and guess what...? It was the same flaw Max saw and exploited: he would drop his left after he jabbed, exposing his chin. After that first fight, I am sure Joe never did that again! Greatest of all time after that.

[JayX181]

Joe Louis is a slave, end of story

[malcolmscotty1]

why do people give so much respect for jack johnson boxing skills? i get he was the first black champion but the guy dident do shit worthy of being a top heavyweight

[Freddie1980]

Until Louis came around boxing in this period was crap. Bear had no technique other then hitting hard, Primo was crap and was owned by the mob, Braddock had bags of potential but wasted the best years of his career losing to bums and he's records a joke, Schmeling was intelligent and by watching video of Louis was able to work out Louis weaknesses but that's about his only claim to fame.

[Freddie1980]

1:03 - Wrong. Max Bear fought King Levinsky in a exhibition match in December 34'

[JMDinamitaMarquez]

@ESSENCEOFEACHTHING Actually I agree with you till you mentioned Tunney. Tunney was one of the first boxers to really know how to dance the ring and not be so stationery. He had an effective jab and a great 1-2 combination and he used angles and lateral movement in the 20's. Joe Louis though was way greater cause of his tremendous power, great combination punching, and very subtle defense.

[lindarmusic]

@1kb3nt3g3k

yeh know what both his careers had in comone?

the fights were fixes

[paladin313]

Too bad Max Baer was too much of a clown and messed around when he lost the title, because that was not the way he won it against Primo. He pasted Primo everywhere. It wasn't pretty, but it was effective.

[kelloggcerealxoxo]

what's with the baer-braddock fight!?!?