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.

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their much-publicized June 22, 1938 rematch at Yankee Stadium in a first-round knockout. In a time when his people ...

President Ronald Reagan arranges for Louis to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Max Schmeling serves as a pall bearer. Joe Louis is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame ...

But, heavyweight boxers prominently made a name for themselves in the 2nd half of the 20th century. The heavyweight division ...

Boxing has been around for over a century, and a number of elite boxers have emerged over that time, but who are the very ...

Louis was raised in Detroit and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time, but he ...

The term Bronx Bombers was officially coined back in 1936. A boxing match between Max Schmeling and Joe Louis was set to take ...

July 4 - Joe Louis makes his pro debut by KOing Jack Kracken, one round, Chicago. Nov 16 - James J. Braddock defeats John Henry Louis, 10 rounds, New York. March 10 - Max Schmeling avenges a ...

Roberto Durán is widely regarded as the best lightweight of all time, holding the title from 1972 to 1979. His remarkable ...

Three years ago, billionaire businessman Joe Lewis, who developed the exclusive ... Brian Mitnick, a realtor with Re/Max 200 who was involved in both Winter Park deals, has told GrowthSpotter ...

Joe Lewis apologised to the court after entering a guilty deal as part of a deal with prosecutors UK billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur football club, has pleaded ...

When "The Brown Bomber" avenged his loss to Germany's Max Schmeling - viewed as a Nazi ... Fighting under the name Joe Louis, so his mother wouldn't find out, he won 50 of 54 amateur bouts and ...