Joe Louis and Max Schemling were global stars, ferocious foes and ultimately friends in their legendary boxing careers.

They came on chartered trains and buses for a special Juneteenth program at the Texas Centennial Exposition, a world’s fair ...

Joe Louis Barrow Jr., son of the legendary 20th century heavyweight, took part in a new documentary on his father's life for The History Channel ...

A documentary on Joe Louis and Max Schmeling debuts June 19 on The HISTORY Channel, 90 years after their first fight at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A new documentary on Joe Louis and Max Schmeling premiered Friday on The HISTORY Channel, exactly 90 years after their first ...

Two of the first people I spoke with yesterday about Max Schmeling were surprised to learn that he had died this week. They didn't know he was alive in the first place. Come September, he would have ...