Joe Louis is inducted into the International ... and 4 draws in a total of 70 bouts. February 2: Max Schmeling passes away at age 99. He is buried in Hollenstedt, near Hamburg, Germany, next ...

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

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.

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 ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their ... a state hospital for the mentally ill before he was 2. After Louis' mother heard her husband had died ...

"What my father did was enable white America to think of him as an American, not as a black," said his son, Joe Louis Jr. "By winning ... his loss to Germany's Max Schmeling - viewed as a Nazi ...