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

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 ...

This History Channel documentary follows the boxers’ first encounter in 1936, exploring how the rivalry came to symbolize geopolitical tensions before World War II.

Before the rematch that shook the world, Schmeling pulled off one of boxing's greatest upsets, exposing a flaw in the ...

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 ...

The 1938 boxing rematch between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling is believed to have had the largest audience in history for a single... The Fight of the Century: Louis vs. Schmeling The ...

Joe Louis Barrow Jr. shares memories of his father, the 20th century boxer Joe Louis, as a new History Channel documentary on his life debuts on Friday, June 19 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Sports documentaries often reveal that games are never just games. Whether in a boxing ring shaped by global politics, a basketball court tainted by gambling, an ice rink redefining ...

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