Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling before ... He took time off to golf. His managers worried that he was losing too much weight. Like Louis, fight fans assumed ...

September 24: Hours before fighting Max Baer, Louis marries Marva Trotter. June 19: The first Louis-Schmeling fight ... He will remain in the service until 1943. In a busy professional year, Joe ...