Rewatching, and re-reading about, Louis’ title reign is to be reminded of three things above all: he had one of the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fight was for more than the heavyweight championship, more than two individuals competing. It was built into a battle of two ideologies. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion from 1937-1941.

That's where Joe Louis came in. As interest in Louis grew, Jacobs set up a fight with a powerful Italian boxer, Primo Carnera, at Yankee Stadium. In 1934, the match seemed like a metaphor for ...

Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were respected athletes ... Hitler had dinner with Schmeling a few times. Before the 1936 fight, Schmeling received a cable from Hitler: "To the coming World's Champion ...

fight public began to wonder ... to explode the box-office prestige of his rival Promoter Mike Jacobs’ Joe Louis. “Louis is a terrific hitter but he’s not a great fighter.

Joe Louis, in the far right corner ... good when Rocky Marciano knocked him out in the eighth round in 1951. Louis' fights earned him close to $5 million, but the money went like three-minute ...

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 ...