Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (or Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis) refers to either of two separate fights between the two boxers which are among boxing's most famous bouts. Schmeling won the first match in 1936 by a knockout in round 12 and Louis won the second bout in 1938 with a knockout in the first round.

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...

2021年6月2日 · Adolf Hitler pictured with German boxer Max Schmeling and his wife Anny Ondra at the Reich Chancellory in Berlin after Schmeling's victory against Joe Louis in New York, 1936.

2010年3月4日 · Joe Louis was the world's heavyweight boxing champion for nearly 12 consecutive years, a period that saw his famed knockout of Germany's Max Schmeling in 1938.

2022年6月21日 · ONLY A LONE BLACK MAN stood between Max Schmeling and world domination. The German boxer was 30 years old and a veteran of some 60 bruising fights when he saw American heavyweight champion Joe Louis pulverize Spain’s Paulino Uzcudun in December 1935 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

2006年11月25日 · 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 radio broadcast.

2025年2月22日 · The 1938 rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling is etched in history as more than just a boxing match. Seen by many as a clash between American democracy and the encroachment of fascism, this fight had the nation on the edge of its seat. Louis’s victory didn’t just earn him the heavyweight championship; it stirred national pride and ...

2024年6月23日 · 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 of 1936.

On June 19, 1936, after rain postponed the fight a day, the undefeated Louis was knocked out by Germany's Max Schmeling. German Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels proclaimed Schmeling's victory a triumph for Germany and Hitlerism.

Clem McCarthy Louis vs. Schmeling . Clem McCarthy and the “Greatest Fight of Our Generation” Clem McCarthy (1882-1962) broadcast a heavyweight championship boxing match between Joe Louis (1914-1981) and Max Schmeling (1905-2005) on June 22, 1938 that he termed “the greatest fight of our generation.”