Born on May 13, 1914 It was a hard time when Joe that Louis was around because he had to deal with segregation because of this he was not treated properly. Which could be one of the many reasons he did boxing to build up his name and strength. Reasons to do these things were for people to look up on him instead of looking at him as a bad way. keep in mind he was an African american.
In those times which most things involving him turned out bad due to people thinking the way they did back then. but he managed to build himself a name so anything is possible. During his boxing career he had a popular nickname witch was the brown bomber because he blew up in fame and strength. he pretty much would never loose.
Many people back then saw Joe Louis as the face of boxing because of how good he was and his undefeated streak until he was matched with Joe Louis .