Show I 1 speaking 0 of sports i f brown bomber well on way to second million I 1 by ROBERT mcshane heavyweight heavyweight EAVY WEIGHT champion joe irr j louis the lad who has been forced c ed through lick lack of opponents ito t i fight I 1 has beens and second raters since winning the crown from jimmy braddock in 1937 r is well on his way iway to the financial heights attained by jack dempsey and gene tunney the brown bomber a golden gloves champion turned professional in 1931 1934 since that time h he e has earned a grand total of by knocking out 37 opponents gaining decisions over 6 and being knocked out by one jack dempsey still has a comfortable lead in all time ring earnings however the manassa mauler N g al IN I 1 LIGHTNING JOE LOUIS LOOTS earned the amazing total of in nine fights thus completely dimming louis record in addition dempsey earned some more during his ring career most of this came from exhibition tours and for his services as a referee Demp record Demp fight by fight ring earnings are worth listing present day conditions are not conducive to gates but as a means of comparison here are the totals as compiled by prank frank G menke an outstanding sports authority figures represent Demp cut of the receipts for nine battles year opponent total 1919 jess willard 1920 billy 1920 GUI bill brennan 1921 geo carpentier 1923 tom gibbons 1923 luis firpo 1926 gene timney 1927 jack sharkey 1927 gene tunney total it must be remembered that Demp era was the halycon days of boxing on september 22 P 1927 the tunney dempsey bout in in chicago drew an attendance of people who paid at the box office louis biggest share of any gate amounted to when he knocked out max in the first round of their new ne W york bout on june 22 1938 S since in c e winning the championship the bomber has received only four purses of more than tunney retires gene tunney earned in m the ring his fortune was made in the short space of three years dating from his first victory over demp sey in 1926 until he retired in 1928 tunney won the championship from dempsey in philadelphia sep 23 1926 on a 10 round deci sion he gave dempsey a n match in 1927 and retained his crown by again winning a 10 round decision on july 21 1928 tunney scored a technical knockout over tom heeney an australian fighter and announced his retirement it is extremely unlikely that louis will ever reach Demp all time total Demp huge income was increased by his personality one of bowings box ings most colorful characters he commanded big prices fo for r exhibition tours and from all extracurricular activities louis cant do that ile he the showmanship and perhaps the inclination lethargic and stolid outside the ring hes lully fully as glamorous as an old shoe on april 1 1938 after he had annexed the heavyweight crown clown lou louis s earned by knocking out harry thomas in the fifth round theres more than one reason for such a small championship purse to begin with money as plentiful as it was back in tile the twenties i perhaps the major reason is that tha t louis had a good match for far too long |