It was built into a battle of two ideologies. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion from 1937-1941. In one corner was Schmeling, representing Hitler (though Schmeling wasn't a Nazi) and ...

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

Tyson was equally as impressive during his time as king of the division, becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion in ...

However, heavyweight greats Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey are among the top ten. Ali, a three-time world ...

George Foreman didn't pick Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier or Evander Holyfield when naming his greatest heavyweight of all time.

Best known as ‘The Greatest’, Ali is often regarded as being the best fighter of all time, let alone just in the heavyweight ...

The white champion didn't take up Johnson's offer, and in Chicago's Comiskey Park on June 22, 1937, Louis knocked out Braddock in the eighth round — to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.