Tag: Joe Louis

Joe Louis ~ Pushups

Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 by John Wood
In 1942, Joe Louis enlisted into the U.S. Army and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas for 13 weeks of basic training. Here he performs pushups with fellow troopers at the Cavalry Replacement Training Center on July 13, 1942. Louis was a member of a horse cavalry training unit while in the service.

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Rocky Marciano Stone Lifting at Greenwood Lake

Posted on Monday, January 11th, 2016 by John Wood
One of the famous boxing training “camps” could be found in Greenwood Lake, New York. The list of of great champions trained there for their biggest fights is long and impressive: Joe Louis, Billy Conn, Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, Floyd Patterson and Rocky Marciano (shown here, lifting stones in preparation for his bout with Harry Matthews on July, 28, 1952.)

Greenwood Lake is a nine-mile finger of water that extends right into New Jersey and offers spartan living and a way to get away from civilization. There were plenty of roads, footpaths and other natural amenities that boxers could take advantage of for their preparation efforts (as you can see above.)

… and, in addition, thanks to the wonder of modern technology, we can  show you the Marciano v. Matthews fight as well: