Billy with his trainer, Freddie Fierro.Other Fighters
Billy with his trainer, Freddie Fierro.
Billy sparring prior to the first Joe Louis fight.
Billy with Champions, Max Baer and Slapsie Maxie
Rosenbloom.
A young Billy Conn with Welterweight Champion Barney Ross.
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Billy admiring Joe Louis's stripes. Both were enlisted in the Army during
World War II.
Billy with Joe again.
Billy getting advice from former Heavyweight Champions
James J. Braddock and Jack Dempsey.
The first ever induction ceremony at the International
Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY. From top left: Billy Conn,
Jose Napoles, Jersey Joe Wolcott, Muhammad Ali, Emile Griffith, Bob
Foster, Archie Moore. Seated from left: Sandy Sadler, Ike Williams,
Kid Gavilan, Willie Pep, Jake LaMotta, Gene Fullmer
Billy with former Light-Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien and former Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Braddock.
Billy at a weigh in with Gus Lesnevich.
Conn and Louis pose for a picture after their first fight
where Louis looks like the loser. Joe Louis always called it the toughest
fight of his career.
Billy has lunch in Pittsburgh with son Tim, Rocky
Marciano, friend Jack Cargo, wife Mary Louise and Joe Louis.
Billy with former Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker on the left and former
Light Heavyweight Champion of England Freddy Mills.
Billy with Col. Howard Moody on the left and former top heavyweight contender
Steve Hamas. Hamas was also a four letter man at Penn State.
Billy with sparring mate, Hal Raskin, European theatre boxing champion during WW
II.
Billy with former lightweight champion Alexis Arguello.
Billy with Muhammad Ali.
with Muhammad Ali
Billy with Jack Dempsey at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in 1939.
Jack Dempsey visiting Billy training for Louis fight in Pompton Lakes, New
Jersey in 1946.
With wife Mary Louise and former light heavyweight champ Tommy Loughran
Former welterweight champion from Pittsburgh, Fritzie Zivic laughs at a cast on
Billy's nose.
Billy greets Joe during WW II.
Joe and Billy in Las Vegas in approximately 1975.
Billy checking Joe's stripes during WW II in Europe.