Trump has received a petition from the WBC to pardon former heavyweight champion Joe Louis over past tax debts, writes Lance Pugmire ...

Before he became heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis’s mother forced him to play the violin. Or so she thought. She handed over a quarter a week for lessons. But he never showed up, choosing ...

For 12 years — longer than any fighter past or present — Joe Louis would be the undisputed king of boxing. So dominant, in fact, that the “Brown Bomber” transcended the stringent racial barriers of ...

"There was never a Harlem like the Harlem of last night. Take a dozen Christmases, a score of New Year's Eves, a bushel of July 4th's and maybe -- yes maybe -- you get a faint glimpse of the idea."— ...

The 1938 boxing rematch between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling is believed to have had the largest audience in history for a single... The Fight of the Century: Louis vs. Schmeling The ...

It took all of two minutes and four seconds for Joe Louis — the pride of Detroit via rural Chambers County, Alabama — to knock out German Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938, in the “Battle of the Century.

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. The two ...