Who Is Boxings Best Role-Model?

[StarshipTrooper]

Slimey Limey = Harry Monk..

Will explain to those not familiar with '****ney Rhyming' slang....

I'm actually kind of curious who Slimey Limey is an alt of. His account is listed as being since 2006 but his first post is in March of this year. That equals an alt account. I guess all it would take is knowing who was banned in March lol.

Poet

[mickey malone]

I'm actually kind of curious who Slimey Limey is an alt of. His account is listed as being since 2006 but his first post is in March of this year. That equals an alt account. I guess all it would take is knowing who was banned in March lol.

Poet

Valid point... I wouldn't allow him in my ablusions..

[GJC]

I'm comparing him to OTHER ROLE MODELS, because this thread is about ROLE MODELS. And compared to Ali and Johnson, he is a coward.

The only valid point you made in criticism of Louis as a role model was that he was a womaniser, which both Ali and Johnson were.

[mickey malone]

The only valid point you made in criticism of Louis as a role model was that he was a womaniser, which both Ali and Johnson were.

Nothing wrong with that 'old boy'

I'm a bit of one myself.. Preference certainly out weighs the very thought of being a 'nine bob note' I'm not dissin Griffith, but they could'a been worse..

[StarshipTrooper]

The only valid point you made in criticism of Louis as a role model was that he was a womaniser, which both Ali and Johnson were.

Oh, and for the record, I ran the Ali Vs. Louis matchup again and like always the results are quite close:

Title Bout II

Muhammed Ali 51-45-4 with 37 stoppages
Joe Louis 45-51-4 with 32 stoppages

[GJC]

Oh, and for the record, I ran the Ali Vs. Louis matchup again and like always the results are quite close:

Title Bout II

Muhammed Ali 51-45-4 with 37 stoppages
Joe Louis 45-51-4 with 32 stoppages

Boxing or womanising?
I'm kind of 6 to 6.5 out of ten for Ali on that particular one personally.
I've always had a vague idea that Marciano might have given Ali a bit more trouble than Louis but probably in the minority on that one. Well me and Slimey obviously
Would have been a nice fight to see though Ali v Louis.

[billionaire]

haha joe louis did not open up boxing to black contenders like the jack johnson critics love to say......in fact joe louis did not fight a black fighter until jersey joe walcott in 1947....sounds like world war 2 was more responsible for ending segregation than quiet man joe louis, who chose put on boxing exhibitions in front of segregated crowds in the army....i highly doubt anyone wanted to see 2 blacks fight each other for the title before that....

joe louis seems like an ok guy but why does he get a pass on abandoning his family for weeks to see women and almost choking lena horne to death....sound like chris brown to anyone?

thats not a role model

[Slimey Limey]

haha joe louis did not open up boxing to black contenders like the jack johnson critics love to say......in fact joe louis did not fight a black fighter until jersey joe walcott in 1947....sounds like world war 2 was more responsible for ending segregation than quiet man joe louis, who chose put on boxing exhibitions in front of segregated crowds in the army....i highly doubt anyone wanted to see 2 blacks fight each other for the title before that....

joe louis seems like an ok guy but why does he get a pass on abandoning his family for weeks to see women and almost choking lena horne to death....sound like chris brown to anyone?

thats not a role model

Oh there you go. THATS the sweet juicy stuff the Louis lovers don't want to hear
Keep it going lad.

[cotto16]

haha joe louis did not open up boxing to black contenders like the jack johnson critics love to say......in fact joe louis did not fight a black fighter until jersey joe walcott in 1947....sounds like world war 2 was more responsible for ending segregation than quiet man joe louis, who chose put on boxing exhibitions in front of segregated crowds in the army....i highly doubt anyone wanted to see 2 blacks fight each other for the title before that....

joe louis seems like an ok guy but why does he get a pass on abandoning his family for weeks to see women and almost choking lena horne to death....sound like chris brown to anyone?

thats not a role model

explain!!!!

[Benny Leonard]

haha joe louis did not open up boxing to black contenders like the jack johnson critics love to say......in fact joe louis did not fight a black fighter until jersey joe walcott in 1947....sounds like world war 2 was more responsible for ending segregation than quiet man joe louis, who chose put on boxing exhibitions in front of segregated crowds in the army....i highly doubt anyone wanted to see 2 blacks fight each other for the title before that....

joe louis seems like an ok guy but why does he get a pass on abandoning his family for weeks to see women and almost choking lena horne to death....sound like chris brown to anyone?

thats not a role model

Always a patriot, Louis donated his purse from the January 1942 Buddy Baer fight ($65,200) to the Naval Relief Fund. The purse from his fight with Abe Simon ($45,882) went to the Army Relief Fund. That year Louis enlisted as a private, earning $21 per month. Louis served with Jackie Robinson, who credited Louis with doing much for blacks in the then segregated army, including getting Robinson and other blacks entrance to officer training school. Louis served for almost four years in the special services, performing exhibition fights, and boosting morale. He retired as a sergeant with the Legion of Merit decoration.


http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=52





It was also noted that when Jackie Robinson got in serious trouble during the War it was Joe Louis that called in a favor to help out Jackie and cleaned things up for him.

There was also an importance of Joe Louis pre-WWII and during.

There are even stories of him giving hope to those suffering during the **** era simply by beating Max (who wasn't a **** himself but was used for propaganda purposes).