Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.
Everybody wants to go heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.
I made the most of my ability and I did my best with my title.
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
Louis was rumored to have used cocaine quite frequently during the latter years of his life.
Louis was extrememely proud of his military service in World War II and many credit him with being the driving force behind President Truman's decision to end segregation in the military in 1948. Of course, others such as Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell saw Louis' military service as prima facie evidence that he was an Uncle Tom.
Max Schmeling reportedly paid for Louis' funeral although some accounts say it was Frank Sinatra who did so. Whatever the case, Schmeling did serve as a pallbearer at the funeral.
Louis had two children with his first wife, Marva: a son named Joe, Jr. and a daughter named Jacquelin.
Louis wrestled professionally for two years in the 1950's until health problems forced him to retire.
Louis was trained by a former heavyweight boxer named Jack Blackburn.
Louis is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Ring Magazine named Louis its Fighter of the Year four times.
Louis became good friends with former foe Max Schmeling during their later years.
In his first comeback fight in 1950, Louis lost to Ezzard Charles who had won the tournament to fill the vacant heavyweight title.
Louis won his rematch with Max Schmeling in 1938 by knocking him out in the first round.
In 1937, Louis won the heavyweight title when he knocked out the Cinderalla Man, James J. Braddock, in the 8th round.
Louis criticized Muhammad Ali when he refused to join the armed forces in 1967. The Ali lovers in the media called him an Uncle Tom for doing so.
In his later years, Louis lived in Las Vegas where he worked as a greeter for Caesar's Palace casino.
In Louis' first professional fight he won by a knockout in the first round.
Louis worked at the Ford Motor plant in Detroit before taking up boxing full-time.
Louis and his family moved to Detroit from the cotton fields of Alabama in 1924.
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