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Joe Brown 🥊 Beautiful Defense

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brown was an American professional boxer who won the Undisputed World lightweight title in 1956, making 11 successful defenses against 10 contenders before losing his crown to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher. Known as "The Creole Clouter" and "Old Bones", he was managed by Lou Viscusi and named The Ring's 'Fighter of the Year' for 1961. Brown was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. The impetus for Brown's ultimate success seems to have been provided by a crushing defeat at the hands of the future National Boxing Association Welterweight Champion, Johnny Bratton, late in 1948, immediately followed by a short spell away from the ring. In 1949, Brown actually went unbeaten and, over the next seven years, he steadily climbed the Lightweight rankings, defeating along the way such notable boxers as Virgil Akins, Isaac Logart and Teddy 'Redtop' Davis. Brown earned his chance for the Lightweight Championship of the World by out-pointing the reigning champion, Wallace 'Bud' Smith in a non-title bout held in Houston, Texas, in May 1956. Four months later, on August 24 and in front of his home crowd at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Brown defeated Smith by way of a split decision over fifteen hard-fought rounds. He retired with an excellent record of 122-47-14 (56 KO's).

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00:00Introducing at 134 and three quarters pounds, the lightweight champion of the world, Joe Brown.
01:30Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
01:32Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
02:14Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
02:32Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
02:35Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
02:39Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
02:58Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
03:01Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
03:04Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
03:10Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
03:13Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
03:16Right cross, bang home by Joe Brown.
03:39with that big right hand again and Smith is very wobbly
04:18we'll be right back
04:20He's loving your eye and they keep on going
04:28He's loving your eye and they keep on going
04:32Selling the right of home
04:37He's loving your eye and they keep on going
04:41Selling the right of home
04:46He's loving your eye and they keep on going
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