It was named after of Atlanta's first black millionaires and once hosted music legend Ray Charles and star boxer Joe Louis. Legendary crooner Charles played a concert at the packed out stadium in ...

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 ...

Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German ... Only 45,000 showed up at Yankee Stadium. The fight went as Schmeling planned. When he saw his opening in the second round, he struck hard.

June 25: The young phenomenon Joe Louis debuts in New York, knocking out Primo Carnera in six rounds at Yankee Stadium. After the fight, 20,000 people assemble at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom to celebrate.

Jersey Joe and Louis met six months later at Yankee Stadium, but the champion was in no mood to let this one go to the scorecards. The Alabama native won the rematch by eleventh-round KO.