{"id":49626,"date":"2015-01-07T01:51:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T07:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49626"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:13:15","slug":"joe-louis-abe-simon-the-last-scheduled-20-round-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49626","title":{"rendered":"Joe Louis \u2013 Abe Simon: The Last Scheduled 20 Round Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"polls-869\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_869\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_869_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"5731973696\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"869\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What are your thoughts about Major Title Fights going back to 15 rounds?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-869-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2469\" name=\"poll_869\" value=\"2469\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2469\">I think rounds 13-15 were the TRUE Championship Rounds!<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2470\" name=\"poll_869\" value=\"2470\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2470\">No, 12 is enough.......<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2471\" name=\"poll_869\" value=\"2471\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2471\">I have no real dog in the fight either way....<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(869);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(869); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-869-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49626 \" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49626 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49627 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JL-AS-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"JL AS\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For me the most significant fight in the past 75 years would have to be, \u00a0the 20 rounder between Joe Louis and Abe Simon on March 21, 1941. Joe Louis retained his title with a 13th round stoppage of Abe Simon in the last major fight scheduled for 20 rounds. This to me was one of the biggest changes in boxing history.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Another historical fight took place on September 7, 1893 when James J. Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round in New Orleans in the first heavyweight championship fight fought under Queensberry Rules. I so adore the history of the sweet science that is boxing. To me, every fight is significant and special. But there are those extra awesome milestone fights that are not only impregnated in my mind but there in black and white for us all to read up on. 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