I n the annals of combat sports history, the heavyweight division in boxing stands as the pinnacle of fighting, marked by ...

Became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at the age of 20. Earned an estimated $400 million in career ring ...

Max Schmeling serves as a pall bearer. Joe Louis is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and acknowledged as one of the 20th century's great heavyweight champions. His career ...

‘The Brown Bomber’ Joe Louis (66-3, 52 KOs) was the reigning gargantuan of the heavyweight division. One of the most influential figures in the sport since Jack Dempsey graced the ring almost ...

In the darkest moments of history, certain figures have the power to inspire an entire nation. During the years of World War II, one man became much more than a champion in the ring: he was a ...

Twenty years after Johnson lost the heavyweight title to Jess Willard, a talented young boxer from Detroit named Joe Louis began to rise up the ranks of black fighters. In the first 11 months of ...

"Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would say boy this and boy that, would light up when they talked about Joe," says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about ...