Pierre Louis’s Flyweight Career Crossed France
Pierre Louis was a French flyweight whose recorded professional career ran from September 16, 1934, to December 6, 1942. His seventy-four contests produced fifty-six victories, fourteen defeats and four draws.
Career highlights
Born on January 26, 1911, Louis competed in French venues and traveled abroad during the interwar and wartime years. His opponents included Peter Kane, Ernst Weiss, Pierre Fabre, Gaston Fayaud and Joseph Decico.
Louis defeated Decico on points in Châteauroux on October 14, 1941. He drew with Fayaud in Limoges that December, then won their May 1942 meeting in Toulon on points. He also defeated Fabre twice in 1942, first by technical knockout and then by decision.
The final recorded season
His August 1942 visit to Algiers brought a points victory over Yousfi Slimane. A points defeat to Calistro Etter followed in Geneva in September. Louis’s final listed bout was a knockout loss to Decico at the Palais d’Hiver in Lyon on December 6, 1942.
Louis’s 1941 schedule included victories over Jacques Serrat in Nice and Joseph Morand in Toulon. He stopped François Atenza in Toulon that April before defeating Sammy Benchetrit on points in Avignon. Those appearances show how regularly he competed across southern France during the year preceding his final recorded season.
