Joe Louis vs Tommy Farr. Aug. 30, 1937. Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States. Джо Луис против Томми Фарра, 30 августа 1937 г., все раунды, победа Луиса (UD)
Tommy Farr was a very hard man - brought up hard in the impoverished Welsh coal-mining community. Skilled boxer, sharp but not devastating puncher. He was a genuine challenge for the young heavyweight champion Joe Louis. Joe proved in this fight that he could go the distance against quality opposition. And he won quite comfortably on points. Tommy established himself as one of the greatest British heavyweights of all time. The deciding factor was Louis' superior hand-speed - but Farr made him work hard for his victory.
@@jackwoods535 in my opinion Farr won hands down. I was so frustrated with this announcer Tommy hit and connected more times than Lewis doubled down even. Gggrrrr I don't like the outcome. Oh well. The past.
Excellent summary, Mr. Sweeting. The Brown Bomber won hands down on points and fired far more accurately. You can tell by Tommy's face vrs Joe's by the end of the match. ;)
@@BrotherPatriot I wouldn't call it "hands down," at all, in fact not even close to it. Actually, a strong case can be made for Farr winning this fight.
This commentary has been dubbed on years after the actual fight. The commentator is of a later era and he knows the result of the fight. A good close fight. Great display by Farr. Hard to give an accurate assessment as not all the fight is shown. This commentary was not done at the actual time of the fight.
These are the judges scorecards: Referee: Arthur Donovan 13-1 Judge: Billy 'Kid' McPartland 9-6 Judge: Charley Lynch 8-5 Tommy gave a good account of himself but was thoroughly outboxed.
Amazing. They never talk about this fight --Farr seems to have no fear of engaging Louis, & counters louis' hooks with hooks to the body; he also can be seen double-jabbing to Louis' single jabs, in effect out-jabbing Louis. When Louis hits Farr with clean head shots, Farr seems unfazed, too!
Unfazed? At the end of the fight, Farr could barely stand up. Louis' jab was a steak knife, carving Farr's face, while Farr's jabs had little effect on the champion, most of them being deflected off his gloves. No doubt Farr gave a solid performance though.
@@garymorris1856Bro he lost on all the judges scorecards and his face looked beaten badly by the end. He lost. Referee: Arthur Donovan 13-1 Judge: Billy 'Kid' McPartland 9-6 Judge: Charley Lynch 8-5
Farr was definitely the showier of the two, and when he jumped in and swung those wide punches it looks like he's scoring big. However, notice how often Louis is punching inside Farr's rushes, banging him to the body or landing short hook-uppercuts to the chin. Which isn't to say that Farr didn't test Louis, who had problems with guys who gave him a lot of movement and moved in and out. If there was a weakness to Louis, it was that he could be a plodder, and he liked his target to stay in front of him.
Master footwork there from Lewis as Farr Punches him square in the face... come on announcer stop please. I would have lost my mind at this match !!! Incorrect champion so glad they changed the rules and began counting hits and showing scores. And reruns... uuuugggg. Fight goes to FARR.
@oopssugar score cards clearly show Joe winning. Farr was a really great boxer though, and tough as hell! I think they were all tougher back then, more on the line, harder way of life, and brought up knowing you had to work really hard for everything and anything you had or needed. Much different mentality back then compared to today's fighters.
Louis butchered him with the jab in those last 3 rounds , Farr was mixing it with some top heavyweights around that time tough era holds a good win over Max Baer 👍
Wow - never knew how good Farr was, or how close this bout. Can see now why the decision occasioned some controversy. Joe won it, but not by much margin and really just in those last few rounds.
The respect I have for James J Braddock is now greater still if at all possible. Farr went the distance with a prime Joe (some even think he beat him) and Jim beat Tommy in the last fight of his career.
Tommy came nowhere close to beating Joe. He lost to a unanimous decision. Referee: Arthur Donovan 13-1 Judge: Billy 'Kid' McPartland 9-6 Judge: Charley Lynch 8-5
@@Pedro_Le_Chef WOW, the scorecards on a fight that Joe won say Joe... won???? AMAZING INCREDIBLE SHOCKING, I AM UTTERLY BAMBOOZLED AND FLABBERGASTED. And you're so confident on your below surface level wikipedia skills that you went and posted this under literally every single comment LOL Nobody fucking cares about scorecards Poindexter, get a life.
Anyone who thinks they gave Joe anything that he didn't truly earn or deserve would be greatly wrong, especially back then, in this time period, hate to bring race into it but it is what it is, nothing was just given to people of color back then. Joe fought hard, fought well, and was truly a more skilled boxer than most. And he packed a whallup in those fists!
Tommy Farr was a very hard man - brought up hard in the impoverished Welsh coal-mining community. Skilled boxer, sharp but not devastating puncher. He was a genuine challenge for the young heavyweight champion Joe Louis. Joe proved in this fight that he could go the distance against quality opposition. And he won quite comfortably on points. Tommy established himself as one of the greatest British heavyweights of all time. The deciding factor was Louis' superior hand-speed - but Farr made him work hard for his victory.
@@jackwoods535 in my opinion Farr won hands down. I was so frustrated with this announcer Tommy hit and connected more times than Lewis doubled down even. Gggrrrr I don't like the outcome. Oh well. The past.
Excellent summary, Mr. Sweeting.
The Brown Bomber won hands down on points and fired far more accurately. You can tell by Tommy's face vrs Joe's by the end of the match.
;)
@@BrotherPatriot I wouldn't call it "hands down," at all, in fact not even close to it. Actually, a strong case can be made for Farr winning this fight.
@@garymorris1856
We can definitely agree to disagree, Mr. Morris. :)
@@BrotherPatriot Yes sir.
Farr was a very skilled and courageous boxer. very close fight in the rounds shown.
This commentary has been dubbed on years after the actual fight. The commentator is of a later era and he knows the result of the fight. A good close fight. Great display by Farr. Hard to give an accurate assessment as not all the fight is shown. This commentary was not done at the actual time of the fight.
These are the judges scorecards:
Referee: Arthur Donovan 13-1
Judge: Billy 'Kid' McPartland 9-6
Judge: Charley Lynch 8-5
Tommy gave a good account of himself but was thoroughly outboxed.
Amazing. They never talk about this fight --Farr seems to have no fear of engaging Louis, & counters louis' hooks with hooks to the body; he also can be seen double-jabbing to Louis' single jabs, in effect out-jabbing Louis. When Louis hits Farr with clean head shots, Farr seems unfazed, too!
Unfazed? At the end of the fight, Farr could barely stand up. Louis' jab was a steak knife, carving Farr's face, while Farr's jabs had little effect on the champion, most of them being deflected off his gloves. No doubt Farr gave a solid performance though.
You are right, this fight is largely forgotten, but a case can be made for Farr getting the decision.
@@garymorris1856Bro he lost on all the judges scorecards and his face looked beaten badly by the end. He lost.
Referee: Arthur Donovan 13-1
Judge: Billy 'Kid' McPartland 9-6
Judge: Charley Lynch 8-5
Avec Claude Lamarre, on a bench in cold weather, talking about Farr vs Louis, October 2023 (Quebec City)
Farr was definitely the showier of the two, and when he jumped in and swung those wide punches it looks like he's scoring big. However, notice how often Louis is punching inside Farr's rushes, banging him to the body or landing short hook-uppercuts to the chin. Which isn't to say that Farr didn't test Louis, who had problems with guys who gave him a lot of movement and moved in and out. If there was a weakness to Louis, it was that he could be a plodder, and he liked his target to stay in front of him.
Louis never lost to a "mover" once in his career. He usually knocked them out or thoroughly outboxed, as is what happened in this fight.
Mad to think tommy is my great great grandad
What !!! ? My Friend Christina s son is his great grandson
Master footwork there from Lewis as Farr Punches him square in the face... come on announcer stop please. I would have lost my mind at this match !!!
Incorrect champion so glad they changed the rules and began counting hits and showing scores. And reruns... uuuugggg. Fight goes to FARR.
Two Ton Tony Galento would MOIDER DA BUM
@oopssugar score cards clearly show Joe winning. Farr was a really great boxer though, and tough as hell! I think they were all tougher back then, more on the line, harder way of life, and brought up knowing you had to work really hard for everything and anything you had or needed. Much different mentality back then compared to today's fighters.
Joe really showed his boxing skills with this one.
Louis butchered him with the jab in those last 3 rounds , Farr was mixing it with some top heavyweights around that time tough era holds a good win over Max Baer 👍
Baer beat Farr in the rematch. Farr was a very skilled and courageous boxer.
Tommy Farr was Welsh not English
Farr won
@@scotttyson8661No, he didn't. Damn good effort though!
Wow - never knew how good Farr was, or how close this bout. Can see now why the decision occasioned some controversy. Joe won it, but not by much margin and really just in those last few rounds.
We don't have footage of the entire fight, just the highlights.
Good match but joe 🔥🔥🥊
Farr was a very good fighter.
The respect I have for James J Braddock is now greater still if at all possible. Farr went the distance with a prime Joe (some even think he beat him) and Jim beat Tommy in the last fight of his career.
Tommy came nowhere close to beating Joe. He lost to a unanimous decision.
Referee: Arthur Donovan 13-1
Judge: Billy 'Kid' McPartland 9-6
Judge: Charley Lynch 8-5
@@Pedro_Le_Chef WOW, the scorecards on a fight that Joe won say Joe... won???? AMAZING INCREDIBLE SHOCKING, I AM UTTERLY BAMBOOZLED AND FLABBERGASTED.
And you're so confident on your below surface level wikipedia skills that you went and posted this under literally every single comment LOL
Nobody fucking cares about scorecards Poindexter, get a life.
With all fdue respect to the Brown Bomber Tommy by Farr in this one!
Anyone who thinks they gave Joe anything that he didn't truly earn or deserve would be greatly wrong, especially back then, in this time period, hate to bring race into it but it is what it is, nothing was just given to people of color back then. Joe fought hard, fought well, and was truly a more skilled boxer than most. And he packed a whallup in those fists!
Joe was black, white and Cherokee
ESE COMBATE ERA PARA A LO MENOS EMPATE...O REVANCHA...PERO NO GANADOR LOUIS...
ME GUSTO MUCHO SU FORMA DE BOXEAR TOMMY FARR CONTRA JOE LOUIS...FALTO MAS DECISIÓN...
Ema Gonzalez Two Ton Galento would moider da bums
ahh the golden tommy farr englands greatest heavyweight
Lennox Lewis
He's Welsh you twat
MrLukedanger slapnuts it’s Lennox
@@krypticzisback Fury
Again welsh NOT English ,if he was they would still be broadcasting it today
Farr won it was not Joe's fight almost every punch was thrown by Farr and almost everyone connected. Uuuggg rigged I say.
oops sugarsorry Two Ton Galento would moider da bum
Joe's jabs at the end won the fight! Farr fought a great fight! Note after each round they tapped gloves showing respect for each other!