Just to follow up a bit on the previous photo of Joe Louis and Billy Conn II, the following videos are of their first fight from June 18, 1941 at the Polo Grounds in New York.
Conn, the consummate boxer was outboxing the harder hitting Louis and was winning the fight. It seemed a foregone conclusion until.... As my father stated so simply "Conn got a little too cute and Louis knocked him out". Louis was a finisher, one of the best. He proved it that night. Louis knocked out Conn in the thirteenth round.
The bottom video shows highlights of the fight up to the eleventh round and show Conn at his best. The top video shows the knockout and has commentary by Bert Sugar. Both are worth a look.
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oh man, i get sad every time i see that fight. its the same with lamotta and robinson in their last fight. conn shoulda won/lamotta shoulda won! all those guys are great fighters! thanks for posting.
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