Joe Louis vs Al Ettore

[@vincentrobinson9645]

Damn guy’s feet left the canvas after that straight right. Damn Louis could hit !!!

[@vincentrobinson3078]

2 left jabs , followed by 2 left hook blasts perfectly timed . Wow Ali was great but that Brown Bomber was the Bomb !!! RIP Ali and Louis 🥊🥊

[@JomoDaMusicMan]

Louis had to be great, hold the title for 12 yrs, but supposed he had to face the fighters of the 80's & 90's, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, ALI or even Smokin Joe or Big George, Louis was only slightly bigger than The Rock

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

​@@JomoDaMusicManLouis was as big as Holmes, Ali, Norton and Frazier.

[@JomoDaMusicMan]

@@Pedro_Le_Chef Louis was only about 6' and 200 lbs, if u think that was a big as Holmes, you're uneducated or special needs

[@JomoDaMusicMan]

@@Pedro_Le_Chef Larry Holmes and Lennox Kewis and many of the modern era fighters were 6'3" & more over 230, Joe would've had heap beau coo trouble with those super heavies, they hit much harder than that 190 lb'er Ettore, that era was much softer than the 80's, with the likes of Big George Foreman

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

@@JomoDaMusicMan Larry Holmes, in his prime weighed 210 lbs. He was 190 cm tall. Louis weighed anywhere from 200 to 207 lbs in his prime. He fought at 213 lbs after the war. His height was 187 cm (6"2). That's 3 cm less than Holmes. They were the same size. Holmes didn't hit nearly as hard as the Baer brothers or Max Schmeling. Lennox was actually bigger than Louis but he got knocked out by 6"2 McCall. It's not impossible or improvable that the faster Louis also gets to him. Louis fought more ranked fighters than anybody aside from Ali. If old Foreman can compete in the 90s, you best believe prime Louis can too. Besides, we saw him fight big men. He completely demolished them every time. No decision victories against super heavies for Joe. He just put them down.

[@2vintage68]

Excellent! Thank you for posting. Al Etore came right out and took it to Louis because Joe had recently been nocked out by Schmelling. The devastating double left hook knockout of Etore is about as brutal as you will ever see. This is not to take away from Etore. He was tough, never ran and hit Joe with great shots especially in the first round. That got Joe;s attention.

[@ARBIS-19-70]

Lethal left hook, the guy got bounced off those ropes what a finish to a fight

[@ettore8688]

My grandpa was a great fighter! He was known as the Blonde Tiger!

[@JohnLick96]

Are you a boxer yourself?

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

He really has good form and hands in there against a bigger JL.

[@michaelfraley6475]

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[@gAYCUNT-zt3qo]

ur grandpa is badass!

[@ihopetowin]

You can see how Louis maneuvers himself into position to throw that last left hook; notice also the pivot on his left toe during execution of that punch. That's the redistribution of weight creating torque. I think the slo-mo while lengthy is not a bad thing.

[@johnnya867]

Louis was a as patient and deliberate as they come. His defense wasn't the greatest but offense sure made up for it! Equally dangerous off both sides, great balance and distance. He also parries a lot something I don't see fighters do much anymore. Lots of examples of him tying up the opponent's left with his right and keeping the glove open to pick off punches or spin and maneuver the guy Great basics, he doesn't always get credit for his boxing skills cause he always knocks everybody out!

[@billthestinker]

Thanks for uploading this fight! The corner of Al keep screaming Al Keep Your Head Down. It was good advice 💪🏿

[@robertlancaster4538]

Props to Al Ettore, he was still trying to get up even after having caught flush some brutal punches from Louis. His heart and will where still there, but the legs were bye-bye.

[@jimcameron4672]

Joe was always Mr cool

[@getredytagetredy]

This is the fight where Etores corner man brought a record player with him to play the announcement called..." Keep your head down"...

[@krypticzisback]

getredytagetredy 🤣😂

[@vincentrobinson9645]

getredytagetredy Fun-ny 🤣

[@MackTheGovnah]

One joes most impressive kayos!

[@ascendediam]

This looks obsolete

[@rickrick5041]

Everyone complains about the slow motion. They don’t do it anymore. Why? I’d like to see slow motion of Wilder’s last knockout. Breazeale was trying to throw a left starting from below his hip. His head was completely unprotected. Big mistake

[@COBBETT1215]

A game fighter Ettore. Outranged, outgunned and outclassed, but he stayed in there and tried to make a fight of it as long as he could.

[@johngerard3218]

Ettore was tough, he came to fight. He also landed some left hooks.

[@robertlavrakas7442]

Good night and sleep tight!!

[@luke3807]

Al slipped right and weaved left nicely at 13:14, then left his face wide open for Louis' left hook.

[@bimscutney1242]

With those two last shots after the first one you can see Joe kind of hold the guy up with his right hand to give him the finishing punch. Nice!

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

Look closely. Louis is holding the rope with his right arm to pull himself forward as he hooks.

[@chrispaul7849]

not sure anyone hit harder with both hands... his bio book i read was awesome... heart breaking what the gov did to him

[@lovetheoldies]

Al was a hero in west philly. He beat two future world champs. ( jersey joe and jim braddock) I wonder who trained him for this fight. I don't understand why they had him lunging in with left hooks, leaving himself open to joe's powerful right hand.Btw watch some of joe walcotts fight, I thought he was the best until The Rock came along.

[@JomoDaMusicMan]

jERSEY jOE LOST APPROX 20, HE WAS GOOD NOT GREAT

[@vincentrobinson9645]

bob ettore The Rock beat an old ass man

[@stephenmadonna6142]

@@JomoDaMusicMan His record got much better when he was managed properly. Very crafty with decent power. He seemed to make one mistake, and that cost him against Louis and Marciano. That was his weakness,

[@striperking6083]

bob ettore A prime Walcott would’ve beaten Marciano .

[@NoName-zm1ks]

Give credit to Etore, dude came to fight, gave fans money’s worth.

[@davids9520]

Ettore is what you expect a Philly fighter to be. He always wants to move forward and punch. He should have retreated after the first knockdowns, to clear his head. But no, he just kept trying to attack Joe. Al was really a cruiserweight, long before that weight category existed. Too big to make the light heavyweight limit. Not big enough to fight bigger heavyweight boxers.

[@acetofresh1]

Most of the losses of the bigger heavyweights came to smaller guys. The cruiserweight division was a cop out that came when fighters lost the old skills to compete. When the Klitschko's actually fought someone talented they looked clueless

[@ascendediam]

@@acetofresh1 lunatic

[@mockmom1969]

hello my name is elaine, my father eugene deluca is your father's first cousin. your uncle william deluca is my grandfather(my dad's dad) from west philly his sister's names were dorthy, helen, and mary. my parents had fourteen children. so we would be second cousins! wow you have soooo many relatives you didn'teven knew about! my mothers name is margaret both are 82 yrs old.

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

elaine mcdonnell I believe you are the niece of my fifth cousin six times removed.

[@brotherchaazaqisrael4540]

They probably threw tomatoes and oranges at Joe Louis when he came in to fight

[@brotherchaazaqisrael4540]

Especially after he won and when he was leaving

[@rickrick5041]

Etorre caught Louis with some clean shots but it was like a stone bouncing off a tank. Why didn’t they bother Louis?

[@itsnomyth144thsnd3]

Because he hit like my Grandma....

[@rickrick5041]

Itsnomyth144thsnd What’s her record?

[@itsnomyth144thsnd3]

@@rickrick5041Better than his... She was never knocked off her feet...

[@rickrick5041]

Itsnomyth144thsnd Does she have a promoter? Maybe fight Laila Ali

[@itsnomyth144thsnd3]

@@rickrick5041 Lol, no Rick... Maybe you can promote her...

[@Mysterytor]

Why did you show this edited version? No third round. Vince Ettore.

[@risboturbide9396]

You are related to Joe Louis'opponent, I guess...

[@joep8787]

Ettore didn't have a good chin and Ettore's punches didn't seem to bother Louis at all.

[@ascendediam]

These guys looks like novices compared to 70s-90s

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

189 3/4 lbs. Probably could have made 175.

[@MrAitraining]

All the Slo-mo kills these vids for me. too bad. Good for a while....

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

MrAitraining - yeah too bad fast forward and hi-speed scrubbing wasn’t invented back then.

[@Crussman499]

Errol Spence had one of these type of left hand KO's. Not as brutal though. This was a true beatdown.