The year was 1938. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party had just annexed Austria. Humanity held its breath as the world teetered ...

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.

September 28: Max Schmeling is born in Klein-Luckow, in Germany's Brandenburg province. Christmas Day: African American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out Canadian Tommy Burns in 14 rounds ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their much-publicized June 22, 1938 rematch at Yankee Stadium in a first-round knockout. In a time when his people ...

The family of a heavyweight boxing champion say they hope their campaign to get a statue of him in Leicester will help secure ...

Finally, it has Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (w/t), a two-hour doc that will follow the parallel lives and careers of African ...

The term Bronx Bombers was officially coined back in 1936. A boxing match between Max Schmeling and Joe Louis was set to take ...

Schaaf, who has won 20 of his last 30 fights, last week went to Chicago to fight William Lawrence (“Young”) Stribling, who was beaten last July in Max Schmeling’s sole effort to defend the ...

Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis ...

Louis, on the other hand, converted all into his corner. When "The Brown Bomber" avenged his loss to Germany's Max Schmeling - viewed as a Nazi symbol - the entire country celebrated, not just ...

Finally, it has Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (w/t), a two-hour doc that will follow the parallel lives and careers of African American heavyweight champion Louis and German heavyweight champion ...