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.

President Ronald Reagan arranges for Louis to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Max Schmeling serves as a pall bearer. Joe Louis is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their much-publicized June 22, 1938 rematch at Yankee Stadium in a first-round knockout. In a time when his people ...

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Next Tuesday, October 11 at 7PM, WBFO with Bert Gambini present Meet The Author with David Margolick who will be discussing his latest book, Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling and a World ...

The term Bronx Bombers was officially coined back in 1936. A boxing match between Max Schmeling and Joe Louis was set to take ...

The June 1938 boxing match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling became known as one of the biggest sporting moments of the 20th Century. But as WWII loomed, their fight became much larger than a ...

Two years on from their first bout, Joe Louis was eager to settle the score with Max Schmeling after losing on points to the ...

Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis ...

When "The Brown Bomber" avenged his loss to Germany's Max Schmeling - viewed as a Nazi ... Fighting under the name Joe Louis, so his mother wouldn't find out, he won 50 of 54 amateur bouts and ...