Max Schmeling, 99, the former world heavyweight boxing champion from Germany whose two bouts with Joe Louis in the years leading up to World War II symbolized and ultimately debunked the Nazi's claim ...

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. The two ...

Cleveland Stadium hosted an arsenal of stars throughout its history. Bob Feller. Jim Brown. Even the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. But it was another occasion that rocked the Stadium on its first ...

The 1938 match between a Black boxer, Joe Louis — an American — and a German, Max Schmeling, marks its 85th anniversary today, but mythologizing it into a cartoon triumph over Jim Crow and Nazis ...

Before he became heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis’s mother forced him to play the violin. Or so she thought. She handed over a quarter a week for lessons. But he never showed up, choosing ...

Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs), the WBO's cruiserweight champion, wants to make German boxing history by becoming the first champion in the country since the legendary Max Schmeling. Huck is going to ...

Sixty years is a long time, and many of the things that stood before that date have a way of being forgotten to a large percentage of the population. It’s always amazing to me when someone sees a ...

Andy Ruiz’s stunning upset knockout win over previously unbeaten and unified titlist Anthony Joshua earlier this month in New York City remains a hot topic, but Tom Schwarz looks to another ...

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