... American hero. His childhood was a huge struggle but with all the racial discrimination he made it to the top of the boxing world and stayed there longer than any heavyweight ever. Joseph Louis Barrow was the son of an Alabama sharecropper, "Munn Barrow," on May 13th, 1914. His family struggled ... the top of the boxing pyramid. His reputation was growing at a huge rate. In June of 1935 he fought Primo Carnera, the former heavyweight champion in front of 62,000 fans at Yankee Stadium. He followed the Carnera fight with one against Max Baer, who he knocked out in fourth ... two minutes ...

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... power and hierarchy in America. Joe Louis was also an American hero, but rather for his American attitudes and decisions, rather than Johnson's controversial ones. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion of the world when he beat Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium in 1935. His win was not only a win for Joe Louis, was not only a win for the African-American race, but ... ...

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