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I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. -- Muhammad Ali
I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever. -- Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside. -- Mickey Rooney
Joe Louis was one of my first heroes. -- Robert Goulet
Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race. -- Jimmy Cannon
Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed. -- Tommy Farr
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. -- Larry Holmes
When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher. -- Mike Tyson
Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way. -- Angelo Dundee
I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early. -- Max Baer
Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford. -- Walter Mosley
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. -- Larry Holmes
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
I do believe he's the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he's one of the greatest men I've ever met. -- George Foreman
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under. -- Jesse Owens
It's been like that forever. We got spoiled by Joe Louis, by Rocky Marciano. Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it. -- Angelo Dundee
I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic. -- Rocky Graziano
I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you. -- Bill Laimbeer
There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer. -- George Foreman
All the champions - you go and ask Mike Tyson or Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Lennox Lewis and myself included, and I'm sorry for putting myself in line with all the other great names - but the champion's attitude is it doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am going to conquer this person and win the fight and knock the person out. -- Wladimir Klitschko

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