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

In so doing, Joe Louis called a halt to a heavyweight reign ... But, overly emboldened, he abandoned his boxer-puncher style and went for the knockout, playing into the hands of the bigger Louis.

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.

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Louis finished his career with a 68-3 record, including 54 ... violin lessons when he turned to boxing at the request of a schoolmate. Fighting under the name Joe Louis, so his mother wouldn ...