1946 headline newspaper JOE LOUIS defeats BILLY CONN in HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH for Sale

1946 headline newspaper JOE LOUIS defeats BILLY CONN in HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH For Sale

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1946 headline newspaper JOE LOUIS defeats BILLY CONN in HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH:
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1946 headline newspaper JOE LOUIS defeats BILLY CONN in HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH

1946 headline newspaper w photo JOE LOUIS defeats BILLY CONN in HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH- inv # 4T-317

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,theAuburn Citizen-Advertiser(NY) datedJune 20, 1946.This original newspaper contains an inside page banner headline, photo, and news coverage of the Joe Louis vs Billy Conn heavyweight boxing match, won by Louis by a knockout in the 8th round.

William David Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins by knockout. His nickname, throughout most of his career, was \"The Pittsburgh Kid.\"

In May 1941, Conn gave up his World Light Heavyweight title to challenge World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. Conn attempted to become the first World Light Heavyweight Champion in boxing history to win the World Heavyweight Championship when he and Louis met on June 18 of that year, and incredibly, to do so without going up in weight. The fight became part of boxing\'s lore because Conn held a secure lead on the scorecards leading to round 13. According to many experts and fans who watched the fight, Conn was outmaneuvering Louis up to that point. In a move that Conn would regret for the rest of his life, he tried to go for the knockout in round 13, and instead wound up losing the fight by knockout in that same round himself. Ten minutes after the fight, Conn told reporters, \"I lost my head and a million bucks.\" When asked by a reporter why he went for the knockout, Conn replied famously, \"What\'s the use of being Irish if you can\'t be thick [i.e. stupid]?\" In his long account in Sports Illustrated of the life and boxing career of Conn, sportswriter Frank Deford wrote that afterwards Conn would joke, \"I told Joe later, \'Hey, Joe, why didn\'t you just let me have the title for six months?\' All I ever wanted was to be able to go around the corner where the guys are loafing and say, \'Hey, I\'m the heavyweight champeen of the world.\' \"And you know what Joe said back to me? He said, \'I let you have it for twelve rounds, and you couldn\'t keep it. How could I let you have it for six months?\'\"

In 1942, Conn beat Tony Zale and had an exhibition with Louis. World War II was at one of its most important moments, however, and both Conn and Louis were called to serve in the Army. Conn went to war and was away from the ring until 1946.

By then, the public was clamoring for a rematch between him and the still World Heavyweight Champion Louis. This happened, andon June 19, 1946, Conn returned into the ring, straight into a World Heavyweight Championship bout. Before that fight, it was suggested to Louis that Conn might outpoint him because of his hand and foot speed. In a line that would be long-remembered, Louis replied: \"He can run, but he can\'t hide.\" The fight, at Yankee Stadium, was the first televised World Heavyweight Championship bout ever, and 146,000 people watched it on TV, also setting a record for the most seen world heavyweight bout in history. Most people who saw it agreed that both Conn and Louis\' abilities had eroded with their time spent serving in the armed forces, but Louis was able to retain the crown by a knockout in round eight. Conn\'s career was basically over after this fight.

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