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💪🏾🥇 The Joe Louis Story (1953) tells the inspiring true story of Joe Louis, one of America’s greatest heavyweight champions. From humble beginnings to becoming a national icon, this biographical film delivers a knockout portrayal of determination, dignity, and triumph inside—and outside—the ring.  📽️ Plot Summary: Born into poverty, Joe Louis rises through the boxing ranks to claim the world heavyweight title. Amid racism, hardship, and war, his courage becomes a symbol of hope for a generation. The film follows his early life, boxing career, and personal struggles with grace and impact.  🕰️ Year Released: 1953 🎭 Genre: Biographical, Sports Drama 🎬 Directed by: Robert Gordon 🎞️ Starring: Coley Wallace (as Joe Louis), Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms 📖 Based on: The true story of Joe Louis, “The Brown Bomber”  🎯 Why Watch It? ✔️ Powerful biopic of one of boxing’s all-time greats ✔️ Authentic performance by real-life boxer Coley Wallace ✔️ Highlights racial barriers and social progress in sports ✔️ A true underdog story that still inspires today ✔️ Public domain classic of American cinema  🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more legendary life stories, sports biopics, and golden age films!  👇 Explore More Classic Films & Biographical Gems Here: 📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎞️ #JoeLouis #BoxingLegend #TheJoeLouisStory #BlackHistory #SportsBiopic #PublicDomainFilm #GoldenAgeCinema #BoxingMovies #InspiringTrueStory ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🥊 From the cotton fields to the championship belt—The Joe Louis Story (1953) is a powerful knockout tale of heart and heroism! ________________________________________

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00:00:00The End

00:00:24Ted, you'll miss the greatest fight of the year.

00:00:26This Marciano is another Dempsey.

00:00:28Why, the way he felt that Lewis was something to see.

00:00:32Lewis is through for real now.

00:00:34He should have quit while he was ahead.

00:00:37What are you doing here? I thought you were going home.

00:00:39Well, Rocky almost knocked him out of the ring.

00:00:41The kid's got to punch like a ten-ton truck.

00:00:43He'll be the next champ for sure.

00:00:46Well, I better go write my story.

00:00:48Well...

00:00:51I'll write the story.

00:00:53But you didn't see the fight.

00:00:56I'll write the real story.

00:00:58The End

00:03:33Man, you're too big.

00:03:35Wait a minute, Joe.

00:03:36I want to show you a picture of the kid.

00:03:38Just a skinny old boy, not a big boy like you.

00:03:42You could be a better fighter than him.

00:03:44You could even earn more money.

00:03:46And I know a guy that could teach you in hardly no time at all.

00:03:49And for only 50 cents a lesson.

00:03:5150 cents?

00:03:52I ain't got no 50 cents.

00:03:53You mean Professor Watkins teaches you for nothing?

00:03:56Mama give me the money for him.

00:03:58Your ma wouldn't want to do nothing dishonest, would she?

00:04:01She won't want the professor to get money he didn't earn, now would she?

00:04:04Trying to teach me?

00:04:06He earns it.

00:04:06Suppose you don't show up.

00:04:12He can't earn it then, can he?

00:04:14I'll show up.

00:04:14I'm going there now.

00:04:16Now hold up, Joseph.

00:04:18Ain't no reason you got to go just because you started out.

00:04:21We can get derailed somewhere.

00:04:23No, come on, we'll be to death.

00:04:26Well, I guess a boy as big as you is scared of his ma.

00:04:29He's scared to get hit by a man, all right.

00:04:32I ain't scared of nobody.

00:04:33Well, come on then, let me introduce you to the man.

00:04:36Come on, boy.

00:04:39I heard you want to be a fighter, huh?

00:04:41Yes, sir.

00:04:42Yeah, it's a tough game, you know.

00:04:44You think you can take it?

00:04:46I'll try.

00:04:46Let me see your hand.

00:04:49Let me see that one.

00:04:50Look pretty strong.

00:04:55Go on the back and put some stuff on it and let me see how you look on the floor.

00:04:58Put that filler over there, will you?

00:05:05Snap that jab.

00:05:06Snap that jab.

00:05:07Put your hand all the way down.

00:05:09Okay.

00:05:09Put your hand out.

00:05:10Let me see how you look.

00:05:11Not like that.

00:05:12Like this.

00:05:12Bend over a little bit.

00:05:14Just like that.

00:05:15See?

00:05:15Now, jab on this hand.

00:05:19Not like this.

00:05:20This way.

00:05:20Hold your hand.

00:05:21Now, let me show you what I'm doing.

00:05:23See?

00:05:23Snap it.

00:05:24What's that mean?

00:05:25Do it again.

00:05:27That's it.

00:05:28Let me see this hand right behind it.

00:05:30Fast right hand.

00:05:31No.

00:05:31A little bit faster than that.

00:05:34No, no.

00:05:34Like this.

00:05:36You see?

00:05:36You stick it.

00:05:38Fast.

00:05:41That's it.

00:05:42And that jab again.

00:05:43Let me see your jab again.

00:05:44Go ahead.

00:05:45Stick it.

00:05:46A couple times.

00:05:46Double up on it.

00:05:48That's good.

00:05:49See?

00:05:50Fast right hand.

00:05:51I'm going.

00:05:52Now, stick the left hand out.

00:05:53Stick it like you mean it.

00:05:54That's it.

00:05:57Stick a couple times.

00:05:58Fast right hand.

00:05:59Let's go.

00:06:01That's it.

00:06:03Nice.

00:06:04Stick again.

00:06:07See if you can bring that hook back after that right hand.

00:06:10That's it.

00:06:11Right back sticking.

00:06:11Hey, Joe.

00:06:20You forgot that fiddle there, buddy.

00:06:22No reason they all got to hit me.

00:06:42Jab again.

00:06:51Next time he jab, now you count him with the right hand.

00:06:53Jab him again.

00:06:54Now, see now you got to hit with that right hand.

00:06:56Now, you bring the...

00:06:56You drop the left hand.

00:06:57You got to bring it up a little higher.

00:06:59See now, I see you jab again.

00:07:00Go ahead, jab.

00:07:01No, no.

00:07:02You...

00:07:02Well, you got to wait till after he jab.

00:07:04Then you count him with the punch.

00:07:05You can't muff the punch right in mid-air.

00:07:07Now, jab him again, Joe.

00:07:08You know, see how you do?

00:07:11Like this.

00:07:12Can't you do like this?

00:07:13Bring it right back here.

00:07:14He can't hit you over this as long as you got this hand like this.

00:07:18Good job again.

00:07:20Hi, Mom.

00:07:25You and I have a business conference to hold.

00:07:28Now, Joseph, these are hard times.

00:07:31You know that.

00:07:32You know what it means to pay 50 cents a lesson for violin lessons.

00:07:35You know how hard it was for you to get that job at the factory.

00:07:41Well, for six weeks now, you've been coming home with a black eye, a cut lip, or a puffed-up hand.

00:07:49And today, Professor Watkins comes to tell me that you hadn't been to him in all that time.

00:07:56And now, we find your name in the newspaper.

00:07:59As a prize fighter.

00:08:01Well, Joseph, I just steal the money, Mom.

00:08:06I use it for a business, Mom, and I'll pay it all back, but I'm running something.

00:08:10I'm running something that'll make us all rich.

00:08:13He'd be proud of me, Mom.

00:08:14You know what I'm doing?

00:08:15I'm running something.

00:08:16I'm running something.

00:08:17I'm running something that'll make us all rich.

00:08:19He'd be proud of me, Mom.

00:08:20He'd be proud of me, Mom.

00:08:22You mean you have to learn to be a fighter?

00:08:23Yes.

00:08:24Well, where are you learning?

00:08:25In the gymnasium.

00:08:26I got from Morty at a beginner's class in just two weeks.

00:08:28By short of learning, he's training himself.

00:08:29He says I'm surprised people.

00:08:30Are you sure in your heart this is what you want to do, son?

00:08:31I know it's the thing I can do best.

00:08:32You must promise me that now that you're in this thing, you'll get all your thought and

00:08:57strength.

00:08:58If you're going to do it, you've got to do it right.

00:09:02I'll do it, Mom.

00:09:03I'll get into it.

00:09:04I'll make you proud of me, Mom.

00:09:06Maybe all the things for you, for the fans, everything.

00:09:10Or maybe that's when it really started with Joe's mother on the porch when she said,

00:09:16OK.

00:09:17Let's go!

00:09:18Let's go!

00:09:19Let's go!

00:09:20Let's go!

00:09:21Let's go!

00:09:22Let's go!

00:09:23Let's go!

00:09:24Let's go!

00:09:25Let's go!

00:09:26Let's go!

00:09:27Let's go!

00:09:44Here we go!

00:09:46Anyway, Joe won the Detroit Free Press Golden Gloves 175-pound class.

00:09:54They gave him a trophy and sent him along to Chicago for the Tribune's glove finals.

00:10:00He was carrying a cardboard suitcase, one change of clothes, and the family Bible.

00:10:16Eight, nine, ten, he's out.

00:10:24Good luck, George.

00:10:30Hey, Joe, come in.

00:10:32Hi, Alton, how you doing?

00:10:33I'm fine. How do you feel?

00:10:34I can still feel all the hooks in the body.

00:10:36I guess they weren't hard enough.

00:10:38Well, I got lucky tonight, but you'll do better next time.

00:10:42There's not going to be a next time for me, Joe.

00:10:44What you mean?

00:10:46No more fighting with my hands for me.

00:10:48I'm going into a different kind of fight game.

00:10:52I take my state bar exam next month.

00:10:55Joe, I'm going to be a lawyer.

00:10:57Are you kidding?

00:10:59What do you want to do in life, Joe?

00:11:01Well, Arthur, I'd like to be the best fighter in the world.

00:11:05You keep hitting the hours you did tonight, and you'll make it.

00:11:14Hey, Arthur, when you pass this law stuff and become a lawyer, I'd like you to be my lawyer.

00:11:23All right, Joe. I'll consider myself retained.

00:11:30Joe won the Intercity Amateur title, then the National Amateur Light Heavyweight Championship.

00:11:36Now he was ready to turn pro.

00:11:39The place was a south side gym in Chicago.

00:11:42The year was 1934.

00:11:44His trainer, Jack Blackburn, pound for pound, one of the greatest fighters who's ever lived.

00:11:49Mr. Blackburn?

00:11:50Mr. Blackburn?

00:11:51I'm Joe Lewis.

00:11:52Mr. Rock presented to you, Mr. Black.

00:11:54I'm Blackburn.

00:11:55That's Black over there.

00:11:56Hey, Julian.

00:11:57Yeah?

00:11:58Time.

00:12:03Mr. Black, Joe Lewis.

00:12:05Well, hello.

00:12:06We've been expecting you.

00:12:08Come with me.

00:12:13Hey, Joe.

00:12:15You been carrying that bag in the same hand all the time?

00:12:18Yes, Mr. Blackburn.

00:12:19Come back here.

00:12:20Come back here.

00:12:27Move it to the other hand.

00:12:30The bag can pull you off balance.

00:12:33Use two hands.

00:12:34Let the bag work for both hands.

00:12:36The bag get something heavy enough to exercise you.

00:12:39Yes, sir.

00:12:40And if you're smart, you'll do what he tells you.

00:12:43In the ring and out.

00:12:45Okay, Shaffetz.

00:12:46Come on.

00:12:47You know you're off balance.

00:12:48Keep that right foot back on the left.

00:12:49All the time.

00:12:50See?

00:12:51If I can't push you off balance, it's harder to knock you off balance.

00:12:55Remember that.

00:12:56Balance.

00:12:57The secret of a great vibe.

00:12:58Balance.

00:12:59Yes, sir.

00:13:00Balance.

00:13:01Balance.

00:13:02Balance.

00:13:03Balance.

00:13:04Balance.

00:13:05Balance.

00:13:06Balance.

00:13:07Time.

00:13:08Time.

00:13:09You got a pretty fair left hand, Chappy, but it neither.

00:13:12You got a pretty fair left hand.

00:13:13Chappy, but it needs some space to get around.

00:13:14You got to do.

00:13:15You got to do better.

00:13:16Okay.

00:13:17You're going to do better.

00:13:18You're going to do better.

00:13:19You got to do better.

00:13:20You got to do better.

00:13:22What?

00:13:23You got a pretty fair left hand, Chappie, but it needs working on it.

00:13:50Now you try.

00:13:53Now look to the body.

00:14:00Keep your right hand up so you don't get hit with the right.

00:14:05Knock it in.

00:14:08There you go, Chappie.

00:14:11Got a pretty good left hand, Chappie.

00:14:18Not good at Joe Gantz, but pretty good for you.

00:14:33Okay, Chappie.

00:14:34You got a pretty good left hand, Chappie.

00:14:36Not good at Joe Gantz, but pretty good for you.

00:14:40Okay, Chappie.

00:14:41Got a real sharp left now.

00:14:47Still not as good as Joe Gantz.

00:14:48What could Joe Gantz do so great?

00:14:49What could Joe Gantz do so great?

00:14:50What could he do?

00:14:51Now Joe Gantz could catch flies in the air with his left hand.

00:14:56That's what Joe Gantz could do.

00:14:57Now Joe Gantz could catch flies in the air with his left hand.

00:15:03That's what Joe Gantz could do.

00:15:04Well, Joe Gantz could catch flies in the air with his left hand.

00:15:06That's what Joe Gantz could do.

00:15:09What could Joe Gans do so great?

00:15:12What could he do?

00:15:14Now, Joe Gans could catch flies in the air with his left hand.

00:15:19That's what Joe Gans could do.

00:15:39The End

00:16:09What was that man's name again?

00:16:20You and him is the only one that could do that, Chappie.

00:16:22You satisfied, Mr. Blackburn?

00:16:26Now, you call me Chappie.

00:16:28Chappie.

00:16:29Okay.

00:16:31Chappie.

00:16:42Joe came home to Detroit eight months and 16 KOs later.

00:16:50That night, two men from New York also came to Detroit.

00:16:54Jimmy Johnston and Mike Jacobs.

00:16:56They both wanted to sign Joe.

00:16:58They found him in the fraud club.

00:17:01And so did I.

00:17:02How are you, Mr. Jacobs?

00:17:03Chappie McGee.

00:17:04Glad to see you.

00:17:07Joe Lewis.

00:17:08Is he going with you or Johnson and the Guard?

00:17:11That's what I came to find out.

00:17:14Come on over to my table.

00:17:15We'll get the answer together.

00:17:16Which one do you want?

00:17:30Jacobs or Johnson?

00:17:37I'll take Johnson.

00:17:39The Garden guy.

00:17:40He's closer.

00:17:42Well, Joe, you know what we're trying to do.

00:17:45Both of these men have made office.

00:17:47All we can do is get both office and try and decide what's best.

00:17:52They both have good stories, too.

00:17:54But maybe it's you who ought to decide.

00:17:59Anyway, here we go.

00:18:11Johnson says he'll open Madison Square Garden to us.

00:18:36But he makes a condition.

00:18:36Jacob says he has the ballparks all tied up and can do more for us as an independent.

00:18:43What's the condition?

00:18:44We have to do things his way.

00:18:46He'll make the matches for Joe.

00:18:47The matches he sees fit to make.

00:18:49Does that mean handcuffs?

00:18:51I don't think so.

00:18:55How's the sound so far, Chappie?

00:18:56Hello, Joe.

00:19:24Hello, Bob.

00:19:24Say, that was a real nice fight tonight.

00:19:28Thank you, Bob.

00:19:28We got lucky.

00:19:29Enjoy me?

00:19:30No, thanks.

00:19:31We're leaving right away.

00:19:32Joe, this is my cousin, Marva Trotter.

00:19:35Marva, this is the Joe Lewis.

00:19:37I'm happy to meet you, Mr. Lewis.

00:19:39We've heard such wonderful things about you.

00:19:42Are you the Trotter girl?

00:19:44No.

00:19:45I live in Chicago.

00:19:46I'm just here for a visit.

00:19:48Where about in Chicago?

00:19:50I'm in the book.

00:19:51Good night.

00:20:09Good night.

00:20:10Johnson says he'll make us a million dollars.

00:20:22What else?

00:20:23Something one of the boys said.

00:20:26That we've got to remember Joe's a colored fighter.

00:20:29And as a colored fighter, he's got two strikes against him already.

00:20:36What did Jacob say?

00:20:37Jacob says he'll make Joe champion.

00:20:41Can he do it without the guard?

00:20:43I don't know.

00:20:48Well, which one do we go with, Tappy?

00:20:52We'll go with a man that'll make us champion.

00:20:55Tappy.

00:20:58Joe, meet Mr. Jacobs.

00:21:02We're with you, Mr. Jacobs, all the way.

00:21:04You made a good choice, Joe.

00:21:05Tad McGinn, newspaper man, nice guy.

00:21:08How are you?

00:21:08Fine, Tad.

00:21:21You know something, Tappy?

00:21:22We're going to have a lot of fun with that third strike.

00:21:31Joe was already a drawing card.

00:21:33They got him five fights in 25 days.

00:21:36Then sent him on to New York for his first big-time fight with Primo Canaro.

00:21:40We all came down to cover him at Penn Station and went along when he delivered a letter from Mayor Kelly of Chicago to Mayor LaGuardia.

00:21:49It was a big day for Joe, but not so big he forgot a girl back in Chicago.

00:21:53Yes, can you make this up?

00:21:54I think so.

00:21:55Miss Margaret Trotter, 5220 Concord Street, Chicago, Illinois.

00:22:00Arrived in New York to fight Carnera next week.

00:22:03Going to gym to work out.

00:22:05Have to box six rounds today.

00:22:06No road work tomorrow.

00:22:07Raining.

00:22:08Miss you, Joe.

00:22:10May I have your last name and your address for reference, please?

00:22:13Joe Lewis, Pompter Lakes, New Jersey.

00:22:15Oh, yes, of course.

00:22:15Joe found out what they meant by this saying, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

00:22:21Primo was big and he was game, but Joe got to him by the sixth and it was all over.

00:22:26Marvin, are you listening to me?

00:22:52Don't say a word until I'm finished.

00:22:54Now, we've been going together now for quite a bit.

00:22:58And it's about time we didn't know how I feel about you.

00:23:04A man can't always live in training camps and hotels.

00:23:08He's got to get out and meet other people.

00:23:11Not fighting people.

00:23:13People like you.

00:23:15I love it and I want to marry you.

00:23:18Now, if you don't love me, you tell me so.

00:23:20Do you love me?

00:23:24Like I said like that.

00:23:38Congratulations, Joe.

00:23:40Congratulations.

00:23:41Yes.

00:23:42You're going to be very happy.

00:23:43You're going to be happy.

00:23:44And happy to have you.

00:23:44You're on.

00:23:46I'm going to handle all of you.

00:23:48Hi, Reverend.

00:23:49Hi.

00:23:49How are you?

00:23:50How are you?

00:23:50Come on.

00:23:51What are you doing?

00:23:51I know I know you're leaving to fight Max Bayer.

00:24:10I'll be right back.

00:24:21Mr. Black, what did he weigh?

00:24:25196.

00:24:26Hey, Joe, did you read where Dempsey will be in Bear's Corner?

00:24:30Mm-hmm.

00:24:31Well, will Dempsey being in Bear's Corner bother you?

00:24:36Can Dempsey hit me from there?

00:24:39No.

00:24:40Then he won't bother me.

00:24:44Main event!

00:24:47Fifteen rounds!

00:24:49Faceable!

00:24:52Preceding!

00:24:54Sensational!

00:24:56Californian!

00:24:58And from the World's Heavyweight Champion, Max Bayer!

00:25:06Is one of the opponents the new, sensational, futuristic products?

00:25:11Although...

00:25:13Colors, he stands out in the same class with Jack Johnson's

00:25:17Lines of Lines of Lines,

00:25:18He stands out in the same class with Jack Johnson's Lines.

00:25:20He stands out in the same class with Jack Johnson's Lines,

00:25:25future state products, although color he stands out in the same class with Jack Johnson and Sam Langford,

00:25:43the outlaws people, none other than Joe Lewis.

00:27:53Mike Jacobs sent me those IOUs you signed.

00:27:55What on earth did you need with all that money?

00:27:58Some fellas in Detroit.

00:28:00We got a business business.

00:28:02Do you mean a business project?

00:28:04Yeah.

00:28:05That's the word.

00:28:09Several million people live in Detroit.

00:28:11Sometimes I think every one of them has borrowed money from you, Joe.

00:28:14I told you.

00:28:15It's a business project.

00:28:17But I've done the impression you're going to check some of these projects with us.

00:28:20But it's friendly business.

00:28:22It's friends.

00:28:24You're getting rid of money pretty fast, son.

00:28:27You can't keep it up at this rate.

00:28:29Don't worry, Arthur.

00:28:31If I need some more money, I'll get it from Uncle Mike.

00:28:35Maybe Joe was feeling too good by now too, Connie.

00:28:43Twenty-six starts and twenty-six wins.

00:28:46Maybe you couldn't blame him before you wrapped oranges for a dollar a day.

00:28:51Hi, Ted.

00:28:52Hi, gentlemen.

00:28:54Hi, Chappie.

00:28:55Be with you in a minute.

00:28:56Ah, no worries.

00:28:59Where you going?

00:29:00I'm going to Mr. McGeehan to play golf.

00:29:03If you don't watch out, that old son's going to boil the strength right out of you.

00:29:06You losing weight too fast now.

00:29:08I like golf.

00:29:09Come on, Ted.

00:29:11We can claw the game off if it's bad for him, Chappie.

00:29:16Come on, Ted.

00:29:21Joe, as you know, you've been chosen by Ring Magazine as the Boxer of the Year.

00:29:30You've been selected not only because of your accomplishments inside the ring,

00:29:35but also because of the fine sportsmanship and conduct you've displayed at all times.

00:29:45Congratulations, Joe, and good luck.

00:29:51Thank you, George.

00:29:52And I'll do my best to live up to this.

00:29:57Well, I guess it's time to cut the cake, Joe.

00:30:00Remember, you get the first piece.

00:30:21I'll do it anyway.

00:30:24What do you mean by that family?

00:30:25Good luck, Joe.

00:30:26You're the best to live up to this.

00:30:27Come on, Ted.

00:30:31I may be책'd and continue to get a bill, Dianne.

00:30:33Quick practice, you're heading to me with the законч.

00:30:34I'll do it to the next place, you're heading down in a walk.

00:30:36But you can't get a day at the last of College City.

00:30:37I don't want to dasselice tent Ан espe的 입니다.

00:30:41You're there.

00:30:42I don't want to worry about how you're healthy.

00:30:43You're moving to you today.

00:30:46How can I see thevänd?"

00:30:47Why don't you go?

00:30:48What are you doing playing with those kids' toys?

00:31:12What's it look like?

00:31:18Why aren't you in bed resting like you shoot?

00:31:21Feeling too good to the rest, chairman.

00:31:24You're fighting smelly tonight.

00:31:26You'll be there.

00:31:28You ain't never foughtin' over your first-class counterpuncher before.

00:31:31It's always the first time.

00:31:33Drop that club and get into that bed.

00:31:48Make sure you stay there.

00:31:51Make sure you stay there.

00:31:55Make sure you stay there.

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00:36:11what happened son he beat me mom did you do your best i didn't do my best before the fight

00:36:41joe that punch he hit you with in the fifth the foul was that the big punch he beat me fair

00:36:53there was a lot of trouble in harlem tonight gangs picking fights turning over taxicabs wasn't good

00:37:18i always said that if i ever did anything to make anybody ashamed of me i'd want to die

00:37:32well one thing i can say about chappy he never makes the same mistake twice

00:37:40look nobody got killed

00:37:45we just got to sit back a little that's all

00:37:52what we got to do now is start afresh make up for that time we just lost

00:38:01so you all got set back a little now you got to make up for lost time lost time

00:38:10you don't know the meaning of the word look at him nobody got killed you say

00:38:17how do you know were you in the ring was it your face on the floor

00:38:23joe was my husband he belongs to me he's not going to end up like everybody else

00:38:30caught and bruised

00:38:31just a few more easy fights that's what you said

00:38:36an old fighter like smelling

00:38:38joe can't you see what's happening

00:38:43honey i've got to make it good for the people who counted on me

00:38:47counted on you counted on the money they make on you what about me what about us

00:38:56who's counting on that where do we stand what about our future joe

00:39:01well this isn't the time to talk about that

00:39:03what better time than now

00:39:06look at yourself what do these people mean to you when all this is over

00:39:12and what do you mean to them

00:39:16why don't you leave them alone

00:39:18better still why don't you leave us alone

00:39:21how much of them do you want

00:39:25joe

00:39:27we're losing something

00:39:30whatever it was we had we're losing it

00:39:34i don't know if we ever had

00:39:38it wasn't just this fight it's us

00:39:45please do take me home

00:39:52and now for the headlines in sports max schmeling the former heavyweight champion arrived here late

00:39:57this afternoon on the zeppelin hindenburg the german boxer who knocked out joe lewis last june

00:40:04informed reporters that german track and field stars in the recent olympics

00:40:08all told him that they had been inspired to greater efforts

00:40:12by his victory over lewis

00:40:14schmeling said quote the furor's heartiest best wishes

00:40:18accompany me to america unquote

00:40:20the former champion also said that

00:40:26i offered schmeling three hundred thousand dollars for a return fight and he refused it

00:40:30of course he'll only fight braddock for the championship

00:40:33so let him

00:40:34you don't have to fight me afterwards

00:40:36but the thing is joe we don't believe that he holds still long enough for another shot

00:40:40he's got it's only fair

00:40:42joe it's not a question of being fair

00:40:44schmeling can't take a chance on losing to you

00:40:47hitler couldn't go for that

00:40:50if he wins the championship they'll never stop yelling about harry and supremacy

00:40:54they'll freeze that title so cold nobody will get a crack at it

00:40:57unless some bum of their own

00:41:05there's got to be a way

00:41:08i've got to have one more chance at it

00:41:12can't let one mistake ruin my whole life

00:41:14i wanted my people down

00:41:26you heard what you said

00:41:28calm down chappy

00:41:30there's got to be a way

00:41:32there is

00:41:34i'll call my lawyers and then we'll talk with jimmy braddock

00:41:44now

00:41:46and

00:41:49and

00:41:52and

00:41:52i

00:41:54and

00:41:56and

00:41:59and

00:42:01Happy birthday.

00:42:31Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Joe, happy birthday to you.

00:42:44Thanks Melissa.

00:42:45Nice job Joe.

00:42:48Happy Birthday Joe.

00:42:50Thanks son.

00:42:51Happy Birthday Joe.

00:42:52Happy Birthday John.

00:43:00to the last. Smell it. Hi fellas. Hi. Happy birthday Joe. I sure have. Federal

00:43:15judge just ruled the Braddock fight is on. Dig right in. Every turn I don't start until

00:43:25the market.

00:43:55You need a chappy. I'm not hungry. Yeah what did I tell you. That chappy don't make the same

00:44:03mistake twice. This was it for Joe. He'd come a long way for a 23 year old. A crack at the

00:44:12champ. 50,000 fans turned out to pack Comiskey Park. Braddock was a popular champion. It was

00:44:19the first heavyweight title match in Chicago since Tony and Dempsey had fought it out ten

00:44:24years earlier.

00:44:26enser and Moody Fullerton

00:44:45He wants to get in first. Can you have a queen?

00:44:49One, two, three.

00:45:19One, two, three.

00:45:49One, two, three.

00:46:19One, two, three.

00:46:47Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

00:46:55One, two, three.

00:47:02One, two, three.

00:47:09One, two, three.

00:47:17One, two, three.

00:47:24One, two, three.

00:47:31One, two, three.

00:47:39One, two, three.

00:47:41One, two, three.

00:47:46Good evening, Mrs. Lewis.

00:48:07One, two, three.

00:48:15One, two, three.

00:48:17Now, ladies and gentlemen, we come to the highlight of the evening.

00:48:21Accompanied by the Ellis Larkins trio, the internationally famous songstress, Miss Anita Ellis.

00:48:26I'll be around, no matter how you treat me now.

00:48:46I'll be around, no matter how you treat me now.

00:48:55Your latest love, no matter how you treat me now.

00:49:03I'll be around, no matter how you treat me now.

00:49:05I'll be around, no matter how you treat me now.

00:49:10I'll be around, no matter how you treat me now.

00:49:23And if you find a love like mine, just now and then, drop a line to say you're feeling fine.

00:49:39And when things go wrong, perhaps you'll see you're meant for me.

00:49:52I'll be around when she's gone.

00:50:00Goodbye again, goodbye again, and if you find a love like mine, just now and then, drop a line to say you're feeling fine.

00:50:28Goodbye again, goodbye again, and if you find a love like mine, just now and then, drop a line to say you're feeling fine.

00:50:30I'll be around when she's gone.

00:50:34Perhaps you'll see you're meant for me.

00:50:40I'll be around when she's gone.

00:50:51I'll be around when she's gone.

00:51:08Max came back from Germany with the blessings of Hitler and the Third Reich.

00:51:12He figured on finishing Joe no later than the fifth round.

00:51:18And so that's what's got me worried.

00:51:20And that's why I want to hire Manny Seaman to help me with him.

00:51:24Trouble is, I'm like a school teacher with Joe.

00:51:27I'm always after him.

00:51:29I need somebody to suit him down.

00:51:32This time, Chappie don't need no discipline.

00:51:37Okay.

00:51:38Let's have a talk with Seaman.

00:51:40Ask him in.

00:51:46I'm surprised that Chappie needs help.

00:51:48Roxy, there's one thing about Chappie.

00:51:51We don't have to worry.

00:51:52He knows what he's doing.

00:51:54Mr. Roxburgh, Mr. Black, Mr. Manny Seaman.

00:52:00How do you do?

00:52:01Nice to know you.

00:52:02Have a seat, please.

00:52:08Chappie here seems to think you can be of some help to us with Joe.

00:52:11We know you trained Benny Leonard and five other world's champions.

00:52:17I hope I can do you some good with the big fella.

00:52:20All right.

00:52:21See what you can do.

00:52:22Uh-oh.

00:52:23And lots of luck.

00:52:29To tell you the truth, Manny, I've been having one of my bad spells lately.

00:52:33I sometimes don't feel up to working right.

00:52:36When do we stop?

00:52:47I don't know if I told you I got a box.

00:52:52What do you think?

00:52:53The trouble is he's too tight.

00:52:55Too tense.

00:52:56Yeah.

00:52:57If he keeps going like this, he's going to sweat himself out and leave the real fight here in the gym.

00:53:10He's pressing too hard.

00:53:11He's too anxious.

00:53:12Manny, I wish there was some way we could loosen him up, relax him.

00:53:13But when a boy is young, it's hard for him to relax before a big fight.

00:53:17I remember my first fight with old Sam Langford.

00:53:18I was training hard in Langford.

00:53:19Maybe that's our answer.

00:53:24Old Sam.

00:53:25There you go, Manny.

00:53:26Maybe that's our answer.

00:53:27Old Sam.

00:53:28There you go, Manny.

00:53:29there you go, Manny.

00:53:44There you go, manny.

00:53:53Sit down, boy.

00:54:18I'm going to tell you a story.

00:54:20Who are you?

00:54:21How'd you get in here?

00:54:22I'm just an old fighter.

00:54:24Nobody but reporters allowed in this camp.

00:54:26How'd you get in?

00:54:27Old Jack Blackburn brought me in.

00:54:29Oh, well.

00:54:29I got things to do.

00:54:30So long.

00:54:31I said sit down, boy.

00:54:33If you don't sit down, I'll have to get up.

00:54:36And if I get up, I'll have to go lick that old Jack Blackburn again.

00:54:39You licked Chappie?

00:54:41That's something I got to see.

00:54:42I can lick him, all right.

00:54:44Licked him four times.

00:54:45Sit down, son.

00:54:47Nobody ever licked Chappie four times.

00:54:50You wait till I tell him what you said.

00:54:51Oh, nobody has to tell him.

00:54:53He's right there now, listening.

00:54:55I don't see him.

00:54:56He's not there.

00:54:57He's there, all right.

00:54:59You don't have to see him.

00:55:00I can feel that skinny old tricker.

00:55:05I ought to be able to.

00:55:06Hi, Sam.

00:55:12Good day, Mr. Blackburn.

00:55:15Chappie, you listen good to what old Sam Lightfoot has to tell you.

00:55:20Sam Lightfoot?

00:55:21But Chappie, he says he licked you four times.

00:55:23Sam, you know you never licked me.

00:55:34Four times you tried it, and four times it was a drug.

00:55:36Now, three of those times I...

00:55:38You know I licked you, Chappie, four times.

00:55:41Don't go lying to this young boy, Chappie.

00:55:45Sam, you know you never really licked me.

00:55:46No.

00:55:47You want me to get up and lick you again?

00:55:53I say good day to you.

00:55:55There you go, Chappie.

00:56:03Sam, how'd you look, Chappie?

00:56:05Huh?

00:56:05Oh, yeah.

00:56:07Well, the first time was in New Orleans, see.

00:56:11I hit him with Bess.

00:56:13Then I hit him with Sue.

00:56:15What did he do?

00:56:16Then he knocked me flat down.

00:56:19Did he knock you out?

00:56:20No, not me, he never.

00:56:22He knocked me down.

00:56:24I sat there a minute.

00:56:25I looked up, and there he was, standing right there over me.

00:56:28I said to him, come.

00:56:31Don't go away, young man.

00:56:32I'll be up there to see you in a minute.

00:56:34But you beat him.

00:56:35Of course I beat him.

00:56:38You called it a drug.

00:56:40What happened the next time?

00:56:41Well, the next time was one of them old-time finish fights.

00:56:46I wanted to figure some way to get old Jack mad before the fight.

00:56:50So I come into the rain carrying a big lunch basket.

00:56:55Sure enough, old Jack sent a referee in some second order

00:56:58to find out what I was doing bringing all that stuff into the rain.

00:57:01So I said, well, it's a finish fight, see.

00:57:03I don't know when I'm going to finish, so I've got my lunch.

00:57:09Did that old Blackburn get mad at that?

00:57:12What happened?

00:57:13Fought all day.

00:57:15Another drug.

00:57:16But you licked him.

00:57:17Of course I licked him.

00:57:18Licked him again.

00:57:19They called it a drug.

00:57:21What happened the last time?

00:57:22Oh, yeah, well, nothing much happened that time.

00:57:26But how did it come out?

00:57:27I just won them no decision fights, see.

00:57:33Well, that tainted the juice, son.

00:57:35That's the one fight that he might have won, maybe.

00:57:43You're a good boy, son.

00:57:46You've got nothing to worry about.

00:57:47He let it out of the left.

00:57:58It was sharp.

00:57:59It was hard.

00:58:00Go right to the mark.

00:58:01The chap he could tell you.

00:58:02The boy could heal with that right.

00:58:06Hi, fellas.

00:58:07Hi, fellas.

00:58:07Dad, I just came from Schmeling's camp at Naperack.

00:58:12He gave me quite a statement.

00:58:15Sit down, Terry.

00:58:15Have some coffee.

00:58:17Yes, I had a very interesting conversation with him.

00:58:20Yeah?

00:58:21Tell you what he said.

00:58:24He said, having beaten you once,

00:58:27you'll have an inferiority complex

00:58:29that you'll never be able to shake off.

00:58:32You'll see him again?

00:58:33Yeah, I'll be seeing him.

00:58:37I want to impress upon you men now

00:58:49of the terrific responsibility

00:58:51you have in this ring tonight.

00:58:54Not besides the unseen audience

00:58:56that is listening to this,

00:58:58but this great and enthusiastic crowd

00:59:01that have come out here

00:59:02and expect to see one of the greatest fights

00:59:05they've ever witnessed.

00:59:07Take your boat, sir.

00:59:08Take your boat, sir.

00:59:37Take your boat, sir.

00:59:38Take your boat, sir.

00:59:39Take your boat, sir.

00:59:40Take your boat, sir.

00:59:41Take your boat, sir.

00:59:42Take your boat, sir.

00:59:43Take your boat, sir.

00:59:44Take your boat, sir.

00:59:45Take your boat, sir.

00:59:46Take your boat, sir.

00:59:47Take your boat, sir.

00:59:48Take your boat, sir.

00:59:49Take your boat, sir.

00:59:50Take your boat, sir.

00:59:51Take your boat, sir.

00:59:52Take your boat, sir.

00:59:53Take your boat, sir.

00:59:54Take your boat, sir.

00:59:55Take your boat, sir.

00:59:56Take your boat, sir.

01:01:32Chappy, chappy, chappy.

01:01:33Always chappy.

01:01:36Anyone could come and get it.

01:01:39They came, and they got it.

01:01:46But every fight separated them from armor.

01:01:48Training camps, his handlers, time, disk, and the demands of an awestruck public came between them.

01:02:25Still awake, honey?

01:02:29Since four hours ago, when you were coming back to take me to dinner.

01:02:33I'm sorry, honey. I couldn't help it.

01:02:35Seems like no matter what I want to do, there's always something I've got to do.

01:02:38Joe, how long can we go on like this?

01:02:42It won't be long, honey. We'll be together, and we'll have so much money, we'll be set for life.

01:02:46A fighting can't last forever.

01:02:48I want to make sure I've got a few good, sound investments, so you can have what you want.

01:02:55It's you I want, Joe.

01:02:59None of the other things mean anything without you.

01:03:06I'm afraid of what's happening to us.

01:03:10Joe, I had plenty of time to think.

01:03:14That's like tonight, days when you're gone.

01:03:17I know what it takes to do what you're doing.

01:03:20It's not easy, and I'm proud of you.

01:03:25Ben, I want to be with you.

01:03:32It's just so much at times.

01:03:35Getting to feel it's a kind of weakness.

01:03:38To haunt you.

01:03:39After six years of loneliness, Martha sued for divorce.

01:03:49Joe didn't know about courts or subpoenas, but he did instinctively what more husbands might do to settle arguments.

01:04:00Joe, what are you doing?

01:04:02You're going home.

01:04:03Manning.

01:04:09Jack.

01:04:10You better take Chaffee up in there tonight.

01:04:12What's that?

01:04:13That old arthritis is working on me again.

01:04:18You better take Chaffee up in there tonight.

01:04:20What's that?

01:04:20That old arthritis is working on me again.

01:04:27You better take Chaffee up in there tonight.

01:04:29What's that?

01:04:30That old arthritis is working on me again.

01:04:34You go along with Manny, son.

01:04:35I don't think I could make it up them ring steps.

01:04:36Come on, Chaffee.

01:04:37Make your promise.

01:04:38You'll only have to walk with those steps once.

01:04:39I don't think I could make it up them ring steps.

01:04:41Come on, Chaffee.

01:04:53You go along with Manny, son.

01:04:55I don't think I could make it up them ring steps.

01:04:57Come on, Chaffee.

01:04:59Make your promise.

01:05:01You only have to walk with those steps once.

01:05:07Doesn't seem real without Chappie does it no you talk to me

01:05:36Yeah

01:05:38Talked to him on the phone yesterday sounds pretty weak

01:05:44But he'll be alright

01:05:46He's gotta be

01:05:48Sure

01:05:50Well might as well get set

01:05:54Congratulations Joe it was a great fight how do you feel?

01:05:58You're pretty good we had another look at night

01:06:00Were you in trouble at any time?

01:06:02Well at times he's a good fighter

01:06:06Joe this is being shortwave to our troops all over the world

01:06:08And since you've donated your first army relief

01:06:10I'm sure all the boys in uniform would like to hear a word from you

01:06:14But I'm glad I was able to do what I could

01:06:16This microphone is yours champ

01:06:18I hope you satisfied

01:06:20There you go champ

01:06:32There you go

01:06:34In 42 Joe left Uncle Mike and signed with Uncle Sam for $21 a month

01:06:48And he made a new kind of appearance at Madison Square Garden

01:06:52It was a Navy relief show

01:06:54A night of stars with celebrities from Broadway and Hollywood

01:06:58Walter Winchell called Joe up from the audience and presented him to the people

01:07:04I guess none of us will ever forget the short simple speech he made

01:07:08I'm only doing what any red-blooded American would do

01:07:14We are going to do our part

01:07:18And we will win

01:07:20Because we are on God's side

01:07:24Sergeant Lewis

01:07:42Joe I've got bad news

01:07:44Just got a call from Chicago

01:07:48Jack Blackman's dead

01:07:54In the next three years Joe traveled more than 50,000 miles

01:08:10Doing morale work

01:08:12Talking to other GIs

01:08:14Fighting and refereeing for them and putting on exhibitions

01:08:18He covered the 48 states

01:08:20England

01:08:22France, Italy, Alaska

01:08:24And the Aleutian

01:08:42Then like several million other men he came home to stay

01:08:44And to see his daughter Jackie already grown into a little lady

01:08:48She turned and gave her words

01:08:50In the next three years

01:08:52So let me know

01:08:53the little lady

01:08:54Go

01:08:55Hey you

01:09:16Good to see you. We loved you. Did you have a good trip?

01:09:18Oh, wonderful.

01:09:20You love Daddy? How much?

01:09:22What do you want to do in my house?

01:09:24Feel free, Maddie.

01:09:34Oh, darling.

01:09:36It's been so long.

01:09:38I mean, look at you.

01:09:40Not a moment, darling. I think it'll be fine.

01:09:42I know it's going to be all right.

01:09:46No more fights. No more separations.

01:09:49Just you and me and Jackie.

01:09:52Yeah, now, I'd just like to say.

01:09:58I'll think of it as a mystery without all the big legal words.

01:10:02How do I stand in the money department?

01:10:05The story is, Joe, that most of the money is gone.

01:10:10You'll never be in want, of course.

01:10:12There'll always be enough for you and your children.

01:10:15But the big money is gone with the big years.

01:10:24You mean I'm broke?

01:10:26Not in the true sense of the word, Joe.

01:10:29But for you, the way you're used to living and spending money and giving it away.

01:10:35That day is over.

01:10:36You've got to settle down and realize...

01:10:39We've been to all that before.

01:10:40Tell me about this tax money I owe.

01:10:44But for you, what do you do?

01:10:45Well, I'm not going to have to be careful.

01:10:45I don't know.

01:10:46But for you, I will get the money I owe.

01:10:47I don't know.

01:10:48I don't know.

01:10:48I'll get the money I owe.

01:10:49The End

01:11:19All right, darling. Still a bed? How much?

01:11:39Put on my heart.

01:11:40Go and see Randy.

01:11:43We thought we'd surprise you and drive down today, so you can ride back tomorrow with us for Jackie's birthday party.

01:11:49Honey, I didn't call you about that. You see, I haven't much time before the fight.

01:11:53You wouldn't dare disappoint Jack.

01:11:55But honey, if I don't get in shape, I'd disappoint a lot of people.

01:12:00Joe, what if we sold everything? Could we meet the tax then? Would you cancel your fight?

01:12:06No. Then we'd have nothing left.

01:12:10We'd have each other.

01:12:11We got that now.

01:12:12Have we?

01:12:12Joe, I don't understand you anymore. It isn't just me. You have a daughter now.

01:12:19She'll never be three years old again.

01:12:21I can't beg to come to a party with a bunch of kids.

01:12:25This is your daughter.

01:12:26But I'm a fighter.

01:12:28You're a father, too.

01:12:29Well, let's go, Joe.

01:12:38Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

01:12:40Here we are at ringside waiting for the main event, which you do all know is for the heavyweight championship of the world.

01:12:45The much-discussed return match between the challenger Billy Conn and the champion, Joe Lewis.

01:12:50Say, Manny.

01:12:54Yeah, Joe?

01:12:55You ever thought what it's like to be the best?

01:12:58The best in what you do?

01:13:01Sometimes I've thought about it.

01:13:04Sometimes a lot.

01:13:06Like two hands.

01:13:08Never could hold a fiddle.

01:13:10But I could punch.

01:13:13All still in that way, champ?

01:13:15That's what I mean, Manny.

01:13:17Champ.

01:13:18That's the best.

01:13:19People watching you.

01:13:21All the time watching you.

01:13:24You get on the elevator, you get watched.

01:13:27You step on a line, they don't understand.

01:13:31Not when you're the best, they don't.

01:13:34Too many people counting on you.

01:13:38Been the best a long time, Joe.

01:13:41Yeah.

01:13:42A long time doing the things you sometimes don't want to do.

01:13:45And then again, not being able to do the things you do want to do.

01:13:51Like electing your wife.

01:13:52Because she can't have part in the work that makes you the best.

01:13:57Like thinking out everything you say before you say it.

01:14:01So nobody can call you big-headed.

01:14:04You've been doing it a long time now, Joe.

01:14:07And no complaints.

01:14:08So long nights all on my mind.

01:14:13Names.

01:14:14Places I've been.

01:14:16People I've been with.

01:14:20Go on, Joe.

01:14:22Talk it up.

01:14:24That's it, Manny.

01:14:25I can.

01:14:27You and Chaplin, you're the only one who ever said this, mister.

01:14:29Outside of Marlboro.

01:14:30There's something I got inside.

01:14:34Something I can't let out about.

01:14:38Now look, son.

01:14:40You've been away a long time.

01:14:43You get a chance to look at things from the outside.

01:14:46You can't always put the pieces together right away.

01:14:50But you're back, champ.

01:14:54You're back to stay.

01:14:56Then there's an other thing all the time.

01:14:58What other thing?

01:15:01That stuff about two strikes.

01:15:04That makes it even tough for Manny to be the best.

01:15:07Because if I make one bad move, it doesn't only hurt me.

01:15:11It hurt lots of people.

01:15:15You're a big man, Joe.

01:15:18I keep thinking I use up my three strikes by now.

01:15:22Yeah, I know.

01:15:25Chaplin told me about that a long, long time ago.

01:15:28There's one thing you never heard him tell.

01:15:33He told me.

01:15:34Chaplin told you some secret?

01:15:37He said he figured the way you acted,

01:15:40you'll earn those first two strikes back.

01:15:43That Chaplin.

01:15:45He never allowed room for mistakes.

01:15:47You know Manny built me hard?

01:15:50Two, three times.

01:15:50I guess he had good calls.

01:15:55How's that feel, Joe?

01:15:58There you go.

01:16:01Are you ready?

01:16:05Ready?

01:16:06He's been ready all his life.

01:16:16Come on.

01:16:17What are you doing up so late?

01:16:30Am I asleep?

01:16:31Are you all right?

01:16:32Sure.

01:16:33Let me see.

01:16:34I heard it over the radio.

01:16:44The way it sounded,

01:16:45I thought you were hurt.

01:16:47Billy wasn't pulled in.

01:16:49Sure you're all right?

01:16:50Sure, darling.

01:16:52Stop worrying.

01:16:53Go to bed.

01:16:58Good night, darling.

01:17:01Joe.

01:17:02Mother isn't inside.

01:17:15She went out?

01:17:16She's gone home.

01:17:20To Chicago.

01:17:21Chicago?

01:17:25To get a divorce.

01:17:32Well, it's all settled

01:17:43unless you have some objections.

01:17:53No objections.

01:17:54No objections.

01:17:54To pay off his debts,

01:18:14Joe fought exhibitions

01:18:14from coast to coast

01:18:15through Central and South America

01:18:17for the next two and a half years.

01:18:19finally he made the announcement

01:18:22all his friends

01:18:22had been waiting to hear.

01:18:24Boys, I got news for you.

01:18:26You listen too, Arthur.

01:18:28I promised my mother tonight

01:18:29win, lose or draw.

01:18:31After tonight,

01:18:31this was my last fight.

01:18:33So as of now,

01:18:34I'm retired.

01:18:35Well, that is the reason.

01:18:36Get out of here.

01:18:40Gee, Joe,

01:18:41you don't know

01:18:41how great I am.

01:18:44Hi, man.

01:18:45I'm sorry I'm late.

01:18:46How are you, champ?

01:18:47Hi, Ted.

01:18:48Hi, Sam.

01:18:49Hi, Ted.

01:18:50Joe and I were just

01:18:51cutting up a few old jackpots.

01:18:54How's your golf game?

01:18:55Oh, I'm still slicing

01:18:56and can't break 90.

01:18:59What do you want to

01:18:59see me about, Ted?

01:19:01Well, there's something

01:19:02I wanted to talk to you about

01:19:03and I thought, Sam,

01:19:04I'd like to hear it too.

01:19:06Thank you, Ted.

01:19:08There's a lot of talk

01:19:09around, Joe.

01:19:10Talk?

01:19:11What kind of talk?

01:19:12About you coming

01:19:13out of retirement?

01:19:15Worried that they're

01:19:16going to match you

01:19:17with Ezra Charles.

01:19:18People always talking.

01:19:20Feeding no mind.

01:19:22Well, I'd rather say it

01:19:23to you than have you

01:19:24read it in my column.

01:19:26If I don't write it,

01:19:27somebody else will.

01:19:31If you're thinking

01:19:32of coming back, Joe,

01:19:33don't do it.

01:19:34Maybe I got a good

01:19:35reason to come back.

01:19:36Yeah, the boys

01:19:36wouldn't like to see you

01:19:37try.

01:19:38I'm not worried.

01:19:39Why should they?

01:19:40Because they're your

01:19:40friends.

01:19:42Because they don't

01:19:43think you can win.

01:19:44The people want to see

01:19:45you stay up on top

01:19:46where you belong, Joe.

01:19:48There's lots of things

01:19:49you could do as the

01:19:50retired and undefeated

01:19:51champion.

01:19:53Keep it that way.

01:20:02Okay.

01:20:04I said it.

01:20:07I'll have a cup of coffee,

01:20:09and I'll let you go.

01:20:09You know what champions

01:20:11say to you now?

01:20:13But I'm a fighter, Sam.

01:20:15The only way I know how

01:20:16to make money is to fight.

01:20:17The man's giving you good

01:20:18advice.

01:20:19Better advice than most

01:20:21fighters get.

01:20:22Better advice than I ever

01:20:23got.

01:20:24You won't pay no mind.

01:20:26How do you know?

01:20:27i know you son sam was right joe tried to come back they matched him with as a charles

01:20:38it was charles all the way we sat at ringside watching the remembered precision of joe's

01:20:45fists fail and go and then was october joe was to meet a 28 year old from brockton massachusetts

01:20:54unbeaten in 37 fights a kid named rocky marciano

01:20:58boss how come you assigned me to cover the fight at the garden tonight you haven't missed

01:21:21the lewis fight in years i don't feel so good virus after all it's only another heavyweight

01:21:30fight and this kid couldn't last two rounds with lewis in his prime joe's past his prime

01:21:37of course i don't feel like bucking the crowds tonight mr mcgain i get nervous in crowds

01:21:39i don't feel like bucking the crowds tonight mr mcgain i get nervous in crowds

01:21:44you're a good friend of lois mr mcgain is he in shape

01:21:59warm this up will you yes sir

01:22:15Those moves around pretty good for a guy his age.

01:22:45He knew he nailed that kid.

01:23:15That kid with his right, you look out.

01:23:20Louis got to catch him first.

01:23:25He looks real tired.

01:23:45Joe's down.

01:24:15We're out.

01:24:27Move it.

01:24:58Wait a minute, Joe. I'll go with you.

01:25:16Thanks, Manny. I'd rather go alone.

01:25:19And so tonight I saw the last fight in the career of one of the greatest fighters of all time.

01:25:31There are none among us who will not write Finnis to the end of an era.

01:25:35Those of us who have come to full road with Joe Lewis.

01:25:39From an open-faced cabin in an Alabama cotton patch.

01:25:42From the early days in Detroit.

01:25:45Through the years when no man but Schmeling ever stood over him for the long count.

01:25:50Those who watched him grow a taciturn boy into a manhood he made rich with his great goodwill and deep humility.

01:25:57Those among us who saw in his rise a bright and permanent hope for all kids who start on back streets.

01:26:04Those who love him.

01:26:05Those who know him as a credit to the human race.

01:26:09Joe lost his wife.

01:26:11Lost his title.

01:26:12Lost his money.

01:26:14Lost his beloved Chappie.

01:26:16But out of it all, he found himself.

01:26:19And from me, who knows him better than most, I can see a beginning, not an end.

01:26:26And from all of us tonight, Champ, good luck.

01:26:30And from all of us tonight, Champ, good luck.

01:27:00And from all of us tonight, Champ, good luck.

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