Joe Louis was the 10-to-1 favorite over the German boxer Max Schmeling before their first bout on June 19, 1936. Each man was fighting for a shot at the world heavyweight boxing championship.

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

Joe Louis on the first Schmeling fight. AP/ Wide World Photos Young Joe Louis was fighting in Golden Gloves tournaments in Detroit when he was introduced to John Roxborough. A former basketball ...

Walcott only held the titles for a short time – but Big Fight Weekend is taking you back to before that historic night, when he challenged Joe Louis and lost in a hugely controversial fight on ...

Fighting under the name Joe Louis, so his mother wouldn't find out, he won 50 of 54 amateur bouts and gained the attention of John Roxborough, king of the numbers rackets in Detroit's African ...

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 ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A project like the Joe Louis Greenway has been years in the making, and as work continues to connect Detroit with three other cities, organizers ...

Until one night last week, any man who could go into the ring against the milk-chocolate-colored fighting machine called Joe Louis and survive ten rounds, would have Done Something. But when a 22 ...

A ONCE proud stadium in Georgia sits abandoned after a failed attempt to revive its fortunes for the 2026 World Cup. The Alonzo Herndon Stadium lies overgrown, covered in graffiti and a far cry ...