Authors Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts explore Louis's personal fight during WWII and how he became a champion for Black ...

A new book revives the often-overlooked story of boxing legend Joe Louis and his fight against racial segregation in the U.S.

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 that ...

January 9, 1942, was barely a month since Pearl Harbor was attacked and America was at war. But the walls of the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City resounded with a rather unseen cheer.

He was “a loyal American,” Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts write in their terrific new biography, “The Fight of His Life,” and ...