“Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen… He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing.”

— Max Schmeling

Describing Joe's punching power. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fight/peopleevents/p_louis.html

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German boxer 1905–2005

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