Louis, who was raised in Detroit, is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time.

With Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol meeting on Saturday to definitively determine the top light heavyweight of this ...

Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling before their first bout on June 19, 1936. Each man was fighting for a shot at the world heavyweight boxing championship.

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George Foreman is regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time. He is a two-time champion and won an Olympic gold ...

Max Schmeling serves as a pall bearer. Joe Louis is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and acknowledged as one of the 20th century's great heavyweight champions. His career ...

The buildup was epic. Mid-June, 1937. Joe Louis would meet titleholder Jim Braddock for the world heavyweight boxing title. The fight would be in Chicago, one of the best locales for these big events.

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June 19 - Max Schmeling, an 8-1 underdog, shocks the boxing world by flooring Joe Louis in the fourth round, then hurting over and over with right hands and then stopping him in the 12th ...

The son of an Alabama sharecropper, great grandson of a slave, great great grandson of a white slave owner became the first African-American to achieve lasting fame and popularity in the 20th century.

"Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would say boy this and boy that, would light up when they talked about Joe," says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about ...