Joe Louis
You are either thinking of the Brockton Blockbuster who is Rocky Marciano or (you are) thinking of The Brown Bomber who is Joe Louis, both highly rated Heavyweight boxing champions of years past.
the brown bomber
Joe Louis, the "Brown Bomber" He is buried in section 7a
Black Power! (Joe Louis was a famous boxer with the nickname The Brown Bomber)
Joe louis! The famous heavy weight boxer of the late 1940's and '50's.
He must have as he was a famous boxer and also the world heavyweight champion, called The Brown Bomber.
Joe Louis was known as the brown bomber
I believe "The Bronx Bomber" was from, you guessed it, New York state. No, Joe Louis was the "Brown Bomber", not the "Bronx Bomber" (the original Bronx Bomber was probably Babe Ruth, though it now refers to any hitter on the NY Yankee's team); Joe Louis was born in La Fayette, in rural Chambers County, Alabama.
Margaret (Molly) Brown was nicknamed the unsinkable Molly Brown.
Charles Brown - boxer - was born in 1939.
Joe Brown - boxer - died on 1997-12-04.