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 Brown Bomber’ Joe Louis (66-3, 52 KOs) was the reigning gargantuan of the heavyweight division. One of the most influential figures in the sport since Jack Dempsey graced the ring almost ...
Twenty years after Johnson lost the heavyweight title to Jess Willard, a talented young boxer from Detroit named Joe Louis began to rise up the ranks of black fighters. In the first 11 months of ...