Rather than being handed out, the heavyweight crown is usually taken, and more often than not, by an American. These fighters ...

The year was 1938. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party had just annexed Austria. Humanity held its breath as the world teetered on the brink of ...

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.

September 28: Max Schmeling is born in Klein-Luckow, in Germany's Brandenburg province. Christmas Day: African American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out Canadian Tommy Burns in 14 rounds ...

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 ...

The family of a heavyweight boxing champion say they hope their campaign to get a statue of him in Leicester will help secure recognition for his exploits in the ring. Larry Gains won bouts against ...

Joe Louis was eager for revenge over Max Schmeling when the pair met for a second time shortly before the world would be ...

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

Schaaf, who has won 20 of his last 30 fights, last week went to Chicago to fight William Lawrence (“Young”) Stribling, who was beaten last July in Max Schmeling’s sole effort to defend the ...

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

Louis, on the other hand, converted all into his corner. When "The Brown Bomber" avenged his loss to Germany's Max Schmeling - viewed as a Nazi symbol - the entire country celebrated, not just ...