Joe Louis and Max Schemling were global stars, ferocious foes and ultimately friends in their legendary boxing careers.
Joe Louis Barrow Jr. shares memories of his father, the 20th century boxer Joe Louis, as a new History Channel documentary on his life debuts on Friday, June 19 ...
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Joe Louis-Max Schmeling documentary debuts 90 years after fight
A new documentary on Joe Louis and Max Schmeling premiered Friday on The HISTORY Channel, exactly 90 years after their first fight at Yankee Stadium.
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Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling, the upset, the rematch, and the friendship nobody expected
Before the rematch that shook the world, Schmeling pulled off one of boxing's greatest upsets, exposing a flaw in the ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – “Boxing,” journalist Larry Merchant says in a documentary set to air this month, “is really the most personal of sports.” But when it came to two epic bouts in the 1930s between ...
This History Channel documentary follows the boxers’ first encounter in 1936, exploring how the rivalry came to symbolize geopolitical tensions before World War II.
Louis dominated his first pro fights, taking on the best in Detroit and Chicago. In June 1935, he beat former heavyweight champ Primo Carnera with a sixth-round TKO. Three months later, he dispatched ...
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