Mar 8, 2008

Heavyweight Championship of the World


On March 21, 1941, my mother's cousin Abe Simon, son a of Jewish egg and butter salesman, fought Joe Louis for the title in Detroit. Lasting 13 rounds, he earned another title shot against the Brown Bomber a year later in Madison Square Garden. After retiring he acted in several movies, including On The Waterfront and Requiem For A Heavyweight.

5 comments:

  1. Interestng note. On this date in
    '41 my great uncle, Sammy Angott, of Washington, Pa., was reigning lightweight champion of the world.

    Chuck

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  2. ... that is one heckuva mug on cousin Abe. I believe I remember it from "On The Waterfront." Good story MM ..

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  3. I would like to hear from the original writer of the Abe Simon item - Abe was also a cousin of my husband's family - Herman Schwartz and his son, 'Big Ed' Schwartz, whose son Steven is my spouse. I have been researching Mr. Simon's boxing career, and hunting unsuccessfully for any existing footage of the 1941 Detroit fight. Help? THanks!

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  4. delight, you may know that the second fight with louis is on u-tube, you can find it under google. i do have a ring magazine from 41 with a few pages of photo's of the detroit fight, cousin abe took quite a beating. the name schwartz doesn't ring a bell, my mother's maiden name was albert, she was related from her mother's side, family name aaron. you and steven are welcome to email me mmolovinsky@aol.com i do somewhere have an old 8mm film of simon vs. louis, but i never viewed film or know which fight it was from

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  5. Delight: The Schwartz' were the family of Abe Simon's mother.

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