Max Schmeling, 99, the former world heavyweight boxing champion from Germany whose two bouts with Joe Louis in the years leading up to World War II symbolized and ultimately debunked the Nazi's claim ...
Worn in his first historic bout with German boxer Max Schmeling on June 19, 1936, Joe Louis’ boxing gloves represent a very special chapter in American sports and social history. While the 1936 match ...
BERLIN (AP) _ German heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling, whose bouts against American Joe Louis set off a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the United States on the eve of World War II, has died ...