Joe Louis Documentary

[BoondockSaint]

Anyone else see this? It premiered on HBO Saturday night and is now on OnDemand. It's very well done. My only problem with it is the involvement of Maya Angelo. I got beef with her.

[Kevin]

Anyone else see this? It premiered on HBO Saturday night and is now on OnDemand. It's very well done. My only problem with it is the involvement of Maya Angelo. I got beef with her.

I saw that. His promoter was a real douchebag.

[BoondockSaint]

Seems to me that the government could have cut him a bit of slack, too.

[PapaBear]

Thanks for the heads up. I only go as far back as Ali, but I love docs about fighters.

[Kevin]

Seems to me that the government could have cut him a bit of slack, too.

Oh yea, they really fucked him. Used and Abused the poor guy..

[BoondockSaint]

Thanks for the heads up. I only go as far back as Ali, but I love docs about fighters.


It is really good and the fight highlights they show are scary. Some of the punches he landed in the second Schmeling fight were straight out of a movie. Big, haul-back and hit the guy with everything punches. Marciano was throwing them too when he beat Louis.

[tele7]

But you don't last long, and when you're done, they dim you like the lights