On June 18, 1941, Joe Louis (49-1, 41 KOs), the heavyweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Billy Conn (59-9-1, 13 KOs).
Joe Louis is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate; his last fight was a undefined win over Buddy Baer, 26 days ago. Billy Conn is on a 19-fight win streak with a 18% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Buddy Knox, 23 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Joe Louis at 99-1 winning odds. Billy Conn really doesn't have much to present against Louis.
Joe Louis stopped Billy Conn via KO in the 13th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring heavyweight title. Louis improves his record to 50-1 (42 KOs), while Conn adds a loss to his record at 59-10-1.