For 12 years — longer than any fighter past or present — Joe Louis would be the undisputed king of boxing. So dominant, in fact, that the “Brown Bomber” transcended the stringent racial barriers of ...
Southfield (CW50) - The legacy of Legendary Boxer, Joe Louis, reaches far and wide across the city of Detroit. The Louis Barrow family has been connected to the city and has been serving its community ...
Louis enlisted in the Army in 1942, rising to the rank of sergeant. Kept stateside, he fought in hundreds of exhibition matches to entertain the troops and raise money for the military. (U.S. Army) ...