Tweet
Presenting,
Louis has his hands full tonight. He is down one game and he wants to even the series. As I said before in the last fight, Louis, as well as Ali are excellent in rematches. Can Louis keep his rematch string perfect tonight? Louis weighed in at 204, one pound lighter than in fight #1. Ali was 211¾lbs., still in great shape. Both men have learned something from the last fight. Here is something that went on during the press conference.
Ali: I have a present for Joe. Here it is. A book. The title is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"!
(crowd laughs)
Louis just doesn't say anything, but is a very serious man.
Well, there you have it folks. Looks like these two are ready. Here is the tale of the tape.
Joe Louis
age: 28
height: 6'-2"
weight: 204
reach: 76"
record: 56-1-0 (50ko)
Muhammad Ali
age: 25
height: 6'-3"
weight: 211¾
reach: 83"
record: 29-0-0 (23ko)
The crowd cheers as Muhammad Ali bounces up and down through the aisle. Ali is attired with a white robe with his name stiched in red lettering. He is in the ring and warms up.
The crowd now roars for Joe Louis entrance, as he comes into the ring, wearing a blue robe with his name stiched in white lettering. He now comes in the ring and has a determined look on his face.
Here is our ring announcer!
Michael Buffer: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Playoff Boxing Finals! This is to see who is the greatest heavyweight of all-time! Once and for all, llllets get readyyy to rummmblllllllle! Fifteen rounds! Introducing, from Houston, Texas, wearing white trunks with red stripes, standing six feet three inches tall, weighing two hundred eleven and three quarter pounds, nicknamed, "The Greatest", The Western Conference Champion, Muhammad Aliiii!(the crowd cheers with excitement)Aliiiiii! And his opponent,(the crowd roars now) from right here in Detroit, Michigan, wearing blue trunks with white stripes, standing six feet two inches tall and weighing two hundred four pounds, nicknamed "The Brown Bomber", The Eastern Conference Champioooooooon, your Joe Looouiiisss!(the crowd is estatic)Looouiiissss!
Mark Conn: You know the rules of the Michigan State Athletic Boxing Commision. Protect yourself at all times, and break when I tell you to break. Any questions? Shake hands and come out fighting.
Since we all know Louis' history in rematches, the odds are still at 1 to 1.
Round 1: Louis is stalking Ali. Ali does his same routine of dancing and prancing and shoving that left hand in Louis' eye. Ali jabs and moves and gets in a fast straight right, now and then. Louis just waits and jabs ali when he gets the chance. Louis is bending his knees a bit, and his legs a bit wider than the last time, unusual for louis to do. Louis gets in a left hook and a right cross to ali's midsection and a left to the chin. ALi ties louis up and dances away and fires rapid-fire combinations: Both men are a little more relaxed as Blackburn and Dundee encourage the two.
Round 2: Louis is bending as he shoots a left jab to the chin and a fast left hook, but misses. Ali fires a left jab and a right hand and ties up Louis. Louis gets ali on the ropes an rips the body. Ali pushes him off, but louis comes back with some body shots before ali ties joe up. muhammad, is still on his toes popping the left jab. ali shoots a left hook and a right uppercut as louis comes in, but louis blocks it and shoots a good right hand: Louis looks ready, and dundee is giving ali advice.
Round 3: Ali is still on his toes, moving and grooving, and louis just waits for the right moment. Louis crowds ali against the ropes and rips the body and jaw. Ali fires back but to no avail as louis is finding his target with left hooks. ali shoves louis away, and jabs, but louis is right on him: Ali is a bit tired, but louis is fresh.
Round 4: Ali is flatfooted, and one-two's louis. Louis fires a jab that is short of the mark, but ali counters with a double right that rocks louis' head. ali follows up, but louis ties ali up and recovers. ali is on the defensive, throwing jabs, and a good left hook now and then. Louis concentrates on body punching to wear Muhammad down. Louis is finding the target more in this fight than the last one. Louis uppercuts ali and ali is hurt, however ali manages to tie louis up and survive the round: dundee is working ali over to get him fresh.
Round 5: Ali is back on his toes, but the bounce is not the same. Louis bullies him again, and ali is against the ropes. A quick one-two-three lands and ali is hurt. Louis hits a right to ali's jaw, and two left jabs to the chin. Louis with the old one-two! Louis is pouring it on in this round, and ali is defense less and he covers up against the ropes. ali jabs a bit, but louis blocks them and counters with a left hook to the body and a right cross to the chin. Louis is moving in fast landing terrific blows, but ali is still standing. Louis lands another right hand. He's landed more blows in this one round, than he has in any five rounds in the other fight. Ali cannot defend himself as the bell sounds!: Dundee is using an endswell to lower the swelling on Ali's jaw and smeling salts to revive him as well.
Round 6: Louis is moving in. ali is on his toes, but still not with the same speed as in the first round. Louis easily gets to him and gets ina tremendous flurry. a left hook sends ali reeling against the ropes, and Louis drives a left to the chin, a right to te stomach, a right to the head, another right to the head. And ali was going down, but he held on to the ropes as Louis moves in with a crushing right hand, and Ali is down! Ali is down! Ali is up at two. Louis moves a right to the head, and a left to the body sends ali down again, and Conn is watching carefully. A left jab to the face, a right to the body, a left to the face, a right to the chin, and ALi is down again! The count is up to 5... 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and ali is up, but still wobbly and Referee Mark Conn stops it. The fight is over, on a technical knockout. Muhammad Ali is beaten in six rounds!
Michael Buffer: The winner by tko at 1:27 seconds of the sixth round, Joooooooeeeeee Looouiiiiissssssssssss!(the crowd is in bedlam)
Louis helps Ali to his corner, and consoles Dundee. Louis makes good in the rematch, as he always does. Let's go to the post fight press conferences.
"NBA Playoffs + Boxing =" Finals!
for the John L. Sullivan Trophy!
between
Joe Louis
Eastern Conference Champion
versus
Muhammad Ali
Western Conference Champion
Louis has his hands full tonight. He is down one game and he wants to even the series. As I said before in the last fight, Louis, as well as Ali are excellent in rematches. Can Louis keep his rematch string perfect tonight? Louis weighed in at 204, one pound lighter than in fight #1. Ali was 211¾lbs., still in great shape. Both men have learned something from the last fight. Here is something that went on during the press conference.
Ali: I have a present for Joe. Here it is. A book. The title is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"!
(crowd laughs)
Louis just doesn't say anything, but is a very serious man.
Well, there you have it folks. Looks like these two are ready. Here is the tale of the tape.
Joe Louis
age: 28
height: 6'-2"
weight: 204
reach: 76"
record: 56-1-0 (50ko)
Muhammad Ali
age: 25
height: 6'-3"
weight: 211¾
reach: 83"
record: 29-0-0 (23ko)
The crowd cheers as Muhammad Ali bounces up and down through the aisle. Ali is attired with a white robe with his name stiched in red lettering. He is in the ring and warms up.
The crowd now roars for Joe Louis entrance, as he comes into the ring, wearing a blue robe with his name stiched in white lettering. He now comes in the ring and has a determined look on his face.
Here is our ring announcer!
Michael Buffer: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Playoff Boxing Finals! This is to see who is the greatest heavyweight of all-time! Once and for all, llllets get readyyy to rummmblllllllle! Fifteen rounds! Introducing, from Houston, Texas, wearing white trunks with red stripes, standing six feet three inches tall, weighing two hundred eleven and three quarter pounds, nicknamed, "The Greatest", The Western Conference Champion, Muhammad Aliiii!(the crowd cheers with excitement)Aliiiiii! And his opponent,(the crowd roars now) from right here in Detroit, Michigan, wearing blue trunks with white stripes, standing six feet two inches tall and weighing two hundred four pounds, nicknamed "The Brown Bomber", The Eastern Conference Champioooooooon, your Joe Looouiiisss!(the crowd is estatic)Looouiiissss!
Mark Conn: You know the rules of the Michigan State Athletic Boxing Commision. Protect yourself at all times, and break when I tell you to break. Any questions? Shake hands and come out fighting.
Since we all know Louis' history in rematches, the odds are still at 1 to 1.
Round 1: Louis is stalking Ali. Ali does his same routine of dancing and prancing and shoving that left hand in Louis' eye. Ali jabs and moves and gets in a fast straight right, now and then. Louis just waits and jabs ali when he gets the chance. Louis is bending his knees a bit, and his legs a bit wider than the last time, unusual for louis to do. Louis gets in a left hook and a right cross to ali's midsection and a left to the chin. ALi ties louis up and dances away and fires rapid-fire combinations: Both men are a little more relaxed as Blackburn and Dundee encourage the two.
Round 2: Louis is bending as he shoots a left jab to the chin and a fast left hook, but misses. Ali fires a left jab and a right hand and ties up Louis. Louis gets ali on the ropes an rips the body. Ali pushes him off, but louis comes back with some body shots before ali ties joe up. muhammad, is still on his toes popping the left jab. ali shoots a left hook and a right uppercut as louis comes in, but louis blocks it and shoots a good right hand: Louis looks ready, and dundee is giving ali advice.
Round 3: Ali is still on his toes, moving and grooving, and louis just waits for the right moment. Louis crowds ali against the ropes and rips the body and jaw. Ali fires back but to no avail as louis is finding his target with left hooks. ali shoves louis away, and jabs, but louis is right on him: Ali is a bit tired, but louis is fresh.
Round 4: Ali is flatfooted, and one-two's louis. Louis fires a jab that is short of the mark, but ali counters with a double right that rocks louis' head. ali follows up, but louis ties ali up and recovers. ali is on the defensive, throwing jabs, and a good left hook now and then. Louis concentrates on body punching to wear Muhammad down. Louis is finding the target more in this fight than the last one. Louis uppercuts ali and ali is hurt, however ali manages to tie louis up and survive the round: dundee is working ali over to get him fresh.
Round 5: Ali is back on his toes, but the bounce is not the same. Louis bullies him again, and ali is against the ropes. A quick one-two-three lands and ali is hurt. Louis hits a right to ali's jaw, and two left jabs to the chin. Louis with the old one-two! Louis is pouring it on in this round, and ali is defense less and he covers up against the ropes. ali jabs a bit, but louis blocks them and counters with a left hook to the body and a right cross to the chin. Louis is moving in fast landing terrific blows, but ali is still standing. Louis lands another right hand. He's landed more blows in this one round, than he has in any five rounds in the other fight. Ali cannot defend himself as the bell sounds!: Dundee is using an endswell to lower the swelling on Ali's jaw and smeling salts to revive him as well.
Round 6: Louis is moving in. ali is on his toes, but still not with the same speed as in the first round. Louis easily gets to him and gets ina tremendous flurry. a left hook sends ali reeling against the ropes, and Louis drives a left to the chin, a right to te stomach, a right to the head, another right to the head. And ali was going down, but he held on to the ropes as Louis moves in with a crushing right hand, and Ali is down! Ali is down! Ali is up at two. Louis moves a right to the head, and a left to the body sends ali down again, and Conn is watching carefully. A left jab to the face, a right to the body, a left to the face, a right to the chin, and ALi is down again! The count is up to 5... 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and ali is up, but still wobbly and Referee Mark Conn stops it. The fight is over, on a technical knockout. Muhammad Ali is beaten in six rounds!
Michael Buffer: The winner by tko at 1:27 seconds of the sixth round, Joooooooeeeeee Looouiiiiissssssssssss!(the crowd is in bedlam)
Louis helps Ali to his corner, and consoles Dundee. Louis makes good in the rematch, as he always does. Let's go to the post fight press conferences.
Comment