Though it is not a prerequisite of them happening, rematches, by their very nature, tend to be examples of things fans want to see repeated. This hunger can be due to a controversy, either in the ...

Ali was shaking up the world once again. Heavyweight champion Joe Louis’ attempt to avenge his only defeat to Max Schmeling was loaded with intrigue: an African-American fighting a German a year ...

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

Greatest victories: Joe ... Schmeling an unwitting hero in Nazi Germany. Louis was chosen over Schmeling for a shot at James J. Braddock’s world title the following year and won. That set up one of ...

Mike Tyson holds the record for the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion. Mike Tyson was the first boxer to win all ...

American boxer and world heavyweight champion Joe Louis Barrow ... it is Louis on the floor against “Hitler’s official sports representative, Max Schmeling.” There is then a picture I ...

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

Other boxers who have appeared on the cover of TIME: Jack Dempsey (1923), Gene Tunney (1926), Max Schmeling (1929), Primo Carnera (1931), Joe Louis (1941), Sugar Ray Robinson (1951), Cassius Clay ...

from Max himself (Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy), to Aunty Entity (Tina Turner), it is Immortan Joe, portrayed brilliantly by Hugh Keayes-Byrne in Mad Max: Fury Road and Lachy Hulme in Furiosa ...

City officials are on the lookout for sculptors to pitch their vision of Detroit legend Joe Louis and his legacy beyond the boxing ring. The Detroit Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship ...

The Saint Louis Billikens will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Avila Eagles at 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Chaifetz Arena. Given that ...

BBC Sport speaks to those who witnessed the epic heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.