“Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.”

On former champion Joe Lewis http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ed_Ludwig/Larry_Holmes_011504.htm.

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“Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.”

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