1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou Nova in the sixth round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. Champion Joe Louis transforms his usual dead-pan expression into a broad ...

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 ...

City officials have put out an open call for artists to create a sculpture celebrating a Detroit sports icon. Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship announced Friday that the new ...

It was a sucker punch that got Joe Louis’ blood boiling. Days after Japan’s infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, the heavyweight champion was asked about the event that had suddenly thrust him and ...

"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."— ...