| Joe Brown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ring Record | ||
| Career Span | 1943–1970 | |
| Total Bouts | 163 | |
| Wins | 105 | |
| Knockouts | 47 | |
| Draws | 13 | |
| Losses | 46 | |
| No Contests | 1 | |
Joe Brown (1925–1997) was an accomplished boxer who won the undisputed Lightweight Championship of the World in 1956, making eleven successful defences before losing his crown in his old age to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar LightWeight is a developer of Video games with Samurai themes such as the Bushido Blade series and the Kengo Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Ortiz (born September 9, 1936) is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world Boxing Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher. Known as the ‘Creole Clouter’ and Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown, he was managed by Lou Viscusi and named Ring Magazine’s 'Fighter of the Year' for 1961. This article is about an ethnic culture in Louisiana USA For uses of the term "Creole" in other countries and cultures see Creole (disambiguation. The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American Boxing Magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brown was finally inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)
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Early Life & Career
Born into poverty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA on 18 May 1926, Joe Brown started work as a grocery assistant, moved into carpentry and then embarked on his professional boxing career at the tender age of seventeen. Baton Rouge (French Bâton-Rouge ˌbætən ˈruːdʒ in English, and in French) is the capital city of Louisiana. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He recorded only one contest – winning a four round decision against Leonard Caesar on 3 September 1943 – before being called-up for wartime service. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During his 21 month stint with the US Navy, Brown took part in seven Pacific invasions and won the All-Service Lightweight Championship. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions He was honourably discharged from the service in 1945. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
The resumption of Brown’s career was initially disappointing. Suffering a third round knock-out by Melvin Bartholomew in July 1945, Brown would not fight again until January 1946, when he dropped a decision over five rounds to Leonard Caesar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Some reward did come a mere seven days later when Brown out-pointed Johnny Monroe, but his career over the following three years would, at best, be chequered.
The impetus for Brown’s ultimate success seems to have been provided by a crushing defeat at the hands of future National Boxing Association Welterweight Champion, Johnny Bratton, late in 1948, immediately followed by a short spell away from the ring. The World Boxing Association (WBA is a Boxing organization that sanctions official matches and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level Welterweight is a Weight class division in combat sports Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in Boxing, but other combat sports like Kickboxing Johnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, (born 1927-09-09 in Little Rock AR and died 1993-08-15) was a professional Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Through 1949, Brown actually went unbeaten and over the next seven years, he steadily climbed the Lightweight rankings, laying claim along the way to such notable scalps as Virgil Akins, Isaac Logart and Teddy ‘Redtop’ Davis. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. LightWeight is a developer of Video games with Samurai themes such as the Bushido Blade series and the Kengo Career At 5 feet 9 inches Akins was considered lanky but proved nevertheless to be a powerful hitter with either hand
These fruitful times were not however, without their difficulties. The skilful Brown, standing a lanky 5 feet 7 ½ inches, with a long reach and solid left hand, came to be viewed as dangerous – too dangerous by some astute managers who frequently appeared to steer their charges away from meeting him. Several times, Brown hung up his gloves in despair during his thirteen year wait for a shot at the title. When it came, at the comparatively advanced age of 30, he did not disappoint.
World Champion
Joe Brown earned his crack at the Lightweight Championship of the World by out-pointing reigning champion, Wallace ‘Bud’ Smith in a non-title bout held in Houston, Texas, in May, 1956. LightWeight is a developer of Video games with Samurai themes such as the Bushido Blade series and the Kengo Wallace "Bud" Smith (born April 2, 1924 in Cincinnati OH &mdash died July 11, 1973) was a world lightweight Boxing Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Four months later, on 24 August and in front of his home crowd, Brown relieved Smith of his crown by way of split decision over fifteen hard fought rounds. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Confirmation of Brown’s superiority came early in the following year when, defending the Championship for the first time, he knocked Smith out in eleven rounds.
Once Champion, Brown hoped that his newly acquired status would confer the riches and popular recognition denied to him for so long. Yet, as George Gainford (manager of the charismatic and handsome Sugar Ray Robinson) noted, the name ‘Joe Brown’ was hardly inspirational. Sugar Ray Robinson' (born Walker Smith Jr, May 3 1921 – April 12 1989 was a professional boxer Realising this, Brown attempted to solve his problems by billing himself as Joe ‘Old Bones’ Brown. The gimmick worked and he became something of a draw for the remainder of his Championship career.
In all, Brown made eleven successful defences of his title – a record until Roberto Duran’s arrival in the division – and remained Champion for almost six years. Roberto Durán (born June 16 1951 is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all-time After demolishing Smith, Brown bested Orlando Zulueta, Joey Lopes, Ralph Dupas, Kenny Lane, Johnny Busso, Paolo Rosi, Cisco Andrade, Bert Somodio and Dave Charnley (twice). Ralph Dupas (b October 14, 1935, d 25 January 2008) was a boxer from New Orleans who won the world Light middleweight Dave Charnley (born October 10, 1935 in Dartford, England) was an English lightweight boxer and is considered to be one of the greatest Brown's re-match with Charnley, was named Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year for 1961. The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American Boxing Magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Nemesis came in the form of the great Carlos Ortiz from Puerto Rico. Carlos Ortiz (born September 9, 1936) is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world Boxing Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Ortiz – intelligent, agile and ten years Brown’s junior – stepped down from the Junior Welterweight division where he had been king until out-pointed by Duilio Loi, to focus on the richer pickings to be had amongst the World’s top Lightweights. Duilio Loi ( April 19, 1929 – January 20, 2008) was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European Lightweight He met Brown in Las Vegas on 21 April 1962 and relieved the ageing Champion of his title after fifteen enthralling rounds to begin his own lengthy domination of the division. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Beyond Glory
Brown would fight on for another eight years, before retiring in 1970, at the age of 44. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His best days long gone, he suffered almost as many defeats as he scored victories. When reflecting on the close of Brown’s career, Henry Cooper has written that there came to be “little pride left in his performances” as he tried to compensate “for all the hungry years when he had been forced to fight for peanuts” (Cooper, 1990). Sir Henry Cooper OBE, KSG (born May 3 1934) in South East London, is a retired English Heavyweight Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
Joe Brown died in New Orleans, USA on 21 November 1997. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Sources
1. Biographical Information from: (i) Henry Cooper’s 100 Greatest Boxers (Henry Cooper, Queen Anne Press, 1990). Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) See page 32 for the ‘Old Bones’ anecdote and page 33 for Cooper’s reflections on the twilight of Brown’s career. (ii) The Ring Record Book & Boxing Encyclopedia 1959 (Nat Fleischer, The Ring Book Shop Inc. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer ( November 3, 1887, New York – June 25, 1972) was a noted American Boxing writer , 1959). A cameo of Brown’s life and career, including brief details of his military service may be found on page 5. (iii) The International Boxing Hall of Fame’s online exhibit [1] provides a very sketchy account indeed of Brown’s career, but was used to confirm the date of Brown’s induction into that body.
2. Details of Brown’s ring record and Championship fights from: (i) The Ring Record Book & Boxing Encyclopedia 1959 (Nat Fleischer, The Ring Book Shop Inc. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer ( November 3, 1887, New York – June 25, 1972) was a noted American Boxing writer , 1959), Pages 5, 301 & 896. (ii) The Cyber Boxing Zone [2]. (iii) The Boxing Records Archive [3]. Unusually, this source lists Brown’s exhibitions dated 17 October 1952 and 7 April 1958 as being official bouts, whilst crediting him with a victory on 10 October 1952, that is recorded elsewhere as a seventh round defeat. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
| Preceded by Wallace (Bud) Smith |
World Lightweight Champion 24 Aug 1956–21 Apr 1962 |
Succeeded by Carlos Ortiz |
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