Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling ... The Louis-Schmeling rematch, on June 22, 1938, again at Yankee Stadium, took place before a sellout crowd of 70,000.

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, becoming ...

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

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their ... a state hospital for the mentally ill before he was 2. After Louis' mother heard her husband had died ...

Next Tuesday, October 11 at 7PM, WBFO with Bert Gambini present Meet The Author with David Margolick who will be discussing his latest book, Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling and a World ...