When Abe Simon stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden on March 27, 1942, it would be his last fight. He had been recently married, and promised his wife that he would stop fighting. One year earlier he had fought Joe Louis the first time, and endured a tremendous beating for thirteen rounds. Fighting since 1935, ranked 6th by Ring Magazine, a shot at the title was something a fighter cannot pass up. Many fight historians consider Louis the hardest hitting heavyweight of all time. Because of the publicity Simon gained from these Louis fights, he was offered a lucrative cross country boxing tour, which he declined. It was also Louis's last title defense for four years, until fighting Billy Conn in June of 1946. After the Simon fight he joined the U.S. Army, where he would fight 96 exhibition bouts at bases throughout the country. Shown above, Simon got knocked out in the sixth round.
reprinted from February 2010
In December of 2012 I published twenty three boxing posts from the Joe Louis era.
MM - Would you consider allowing follow up posts about the Center Square redesign proposals here, or opening a separate article for follow up?
ReplyDeleteI know we could still post to yesterday’s article but I think the discussion dies a bit when it’s not the lead article.
anon@9:04: I'm only printing your question here for sake of policy. Comments from a post yesterday should be submitted to that post. I understand that the discussion "dies a bit", but at least half the readers use a mobile phone with limited real estate for side by side articles. I added an addendum to yesterday's post myself.
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