Joe Louis is inducted into the International ... and 4 draws in a total of 70 bouts. February 2: Max Schmeling passes away at age 99. He is buried in Hollenstedt, near Hamburg, Germany, next ...

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 ... a state hospital for the mentally ill before he was 2. After Louis' mother heard her husband had died ...

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 ...