Boxing fans understand that Joe Louis’ legacy goes beyond winning his first 27 fights in a row. After a surprising loss to ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Photo Express Newspapers / Getty Images Boxing fans understand that Joe Louis’ legacy goes beyond winning his first 27 fights in a row. After a surprising loss to German boxer Max Schmeling in ...

The book is called, Joe Louis: A Picture Story of his Life by ... floor against “Hitler’s official sports representative, Max Schmeling.” There is then a picture I have never seen before ...

Greatest victories: Joe Louis, Jack Sharkey, Young Stribling, Paulino Uzcudun, Mickey Walker Background: Schmeling went from hero to goat in one of the darkest eras of human history but is remembered ...

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 ...