At the age of seventeen, Joe made his stage debut early in 1932. Before the match, Louis—who went by “Joe Louis” for the rest of his boxing career—is rumored to have written his name so large that his last name was squeezed out.
In the light heavyweight division, Louis triumphed against Joe Biskey to win the 1933 Golden Gloves Novice Division championship in the Detroit area.
But in the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions, he was defeated.
The next year, he won the Golden Gloves Open Division’s light heavyweight class and defeated Max Bauer in the Chicago Tournament of Champions.
Following his accomplishment in Chicago, Louis won the light heavyweight United States Amateur Champion National AAU competition in April 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Later in his amateur career, he achieved a 50-4 record with 43 knockouts.
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