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Joe Louis won the Heavyweight Championship when he stopped James J. Braddock in the 8th round on June 22, 1937.

Louis announced his retirement on March 1, 1949, so he held the belt 11 Years, 8 months... and made 25 successful defenses of the title, a record that has yet to be broken.

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