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

Schmeling's Homework Schmeling prepared well for the 1936 fight, both psychologically -- trying to dispel the "Joe Louis myth" that had defeated other boxers before they stepped into the ring ...

In so doing, Joe Louis called a halt to a heavyweight ... Burman, a protégé of Jack Dempsey, fought like one, taking the fight to Louis and showing no sign of backing down until a right hand ...

Walcott only held the titles for a short time – but Big Fight Weekend is taking you back to before that historic night, when he challenged Joe Louis and lost in a hugely controversial fight on ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner ... good when Rocky Marciano knocked him out in the eighth round in 1951. Louis' fights earned him close to $5 million, but the money went like three-minute ...

It was named after of Atlanta's first black millionaires and once hosted music legend Ray Charles and star boxer Joe Louis. Legendary crooner Charles played a concert at the packed out stadium in ...

That's where Joe Louis came in. As interest in Louis grew, Jacobs set up a fight with a powerful Italian boxer, Primo Carnera, at Yankee Stadium. In 1934, the match seemed like a metaphor for ...

The fight was for more than the heavyweight championship, more than two individuals competing. It was built into a battle of two ideologies. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion from 1937-1941.

A ONCE proud stadium in Georgia sits abandoned after a failed attempt to revive its fortunes for the 2026 World Cup. The Alonzo Herndon Stadium lies overgrown, covered in graffiti and a far cry ...