To help the war effort, Joe Louis, a sergeant in the Army, traveled 70,000 miles, boxed in 96 exhibition bouts, visited hospitals during World War II.

Joe Louis, the Heavyweight Boxing Champion is in London to give a series of boxing exhibitions for American troops. Louis, is here as Sergeant Joseph Louis barrow of the U.S Army and as such he ...

Seventy-six years ago this weekend, on March 1, 1949, one of the greatest fighters of all time announced his retirement from the sport. In so doing, Joe Louis called a halt to a heavyweight reign ...

On Oct. 16, 1986, a memorial to boxing great and World War II veteran Joe Louis was dedicated at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. The sculpture, commissioned ...