Browsing Tag Max Schmeling
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Aug. 30, 1937: Louis vs Farr
The great Joe Louis, already something of a legend, made his first defense as heavyweight champion against Welshman Tommy Farr just nine weeks after his title-winning knockout over James ...
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July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey
There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody still living knows. It likely had much to ...
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June 22, 1938: Louis vs Schmeling II
Former world champion Max Schmeling was a solid 10-to-1 underdog when he faced rising contender and awesome knockout artist Joe Louis in a major heavyweight showdown in June ...
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June 19, 1936: Louis vs Schmeling
Think back, if you will boxing fans, and recollect those breathless days of yesteryear, when the young, can’t-miss prospect, the next great star of the ring, thrilled you ...
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Remembering Joe Louis
The great Joe Louis was born on this day in 1914 and no serious fight fan needs to be reminded as to why he will always be a ...
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Dempsey’s Long Goodbye (Part 2)
This is the second of two articles detailing Jack Dempsey’s comeback tour. For Part One, click here. Dempsey took a brief break from the first leg of the ...
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Lee Wylie 4
Joe Louis: Mechanical Wonder
“I could have struggled up once more, but when I get executed, people are going to have to pay more than twenty-five dollars a seat to watch it.” ...
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Features 3
Above All Mortals
With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today, on the anniversary of the great ...
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Jan. 9, 1942: Louis vs Baer II
It is 1942, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and America is at war. As the country enters this new chapter in its history, one thing remains ...
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Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob
In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey, there were hundreds of ...
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Fist of the Reich
Max Schmeling was the first German-born world heavyweight champion and the only boxer to defeat Joe Louis in “The Brown Bomber’s” prime. A sporting hero to the German people, he risked ...
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Fight City Legends: The Toy Bulldog
There’s a character archetype that’s been floating around for decades, if not centuries: the scrappy Irishman who makes up with strength and guts what he lacks in stature, ...
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Exposed? Maybe. Maybe Not.
On June 19, 1936, the number one ranked heavyweight contender, Joe Louis, stepped into the ring at Yankee Stadium in New York City. In the opposite corner stood ...
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Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes
It’s October 3, 1933 and a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed in Macon, Georgia. The room is quiet, morose even, such ...
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Columns 6
Hit The Road, Andre
In November boxing got a rare treat: a showdown between two of the very best fighters in the sport, pound-for-pound. And while Kovalev vs Ward didn’t exactly remind ...
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The Giant Falls Again
Undefeated. Invincible. Unstoppable. The best. The greatest. All applied to Ronda Rousey short hours ago, and thus her fall to unheralded Holly Holm is easily the biggest upset ...
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