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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.
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On this Day in 1938, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling Went to War. After the first fight, Schmeling was generally well-received by Americans but on the eve of the rematch a lot had changed around the.
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Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (German pronunciation: [maks ˈʃmeːlɪŋ], audio ⓘ; 28 September 1905 - 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural events because of their national associations. Schmeling is the only boxer to win the world heavyweight.
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Eighty-four years ago and arguably the most important triumph in heavyweight history. On June 22, 1938, Joe Louis successfully defended his championship for the fourth time by scoring a crushing first-round knockout over former titleholder Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium in New York. The official time was 2:04. With World War II brewing, Louis was […]
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Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling. 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.
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On January 10, 1942, Louis enlisted in the U.S. Army. "Joe has a date for a return engagement with Max Schmeling," trumpeted the Chicago Tribune. Louis was soon busy raising morale across the United States, appearing in exhibition bouts and even risking his world title to raise funds for the war effort.
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Vancouver Province sports front on June 19, 1936, when Joe Louis was the heavy favourite. Front page photo of Joe Louis after he knocked out Max Schmeling in one round in the rematch on June 22, 1938.
1938 Joe Louis v Max Schmeling II vintage press photo
Louis's one defeat before attaining the title came at the hands of the German fighter and ex-champion Max Schmeling, who knocked Louis out in twelve rounds at Yankee Stadium in 1936. Two years later, Louis faced Schmeling in a rematch, this time not only with the championship belt on the line but bragging rights among nations lurching toward war.
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Max Schmeling, German heavyweight boxer who, from June 12, 1930, when Jack Sharkey lost to him by disqualification, until June 21, 1932, when he was outpointed by Sharkey in 15 rounds, held the world heavyweight boxing title, the first European to do so.. Joe Louis (left) and Max Schmeling at a photo session prior to their heavyweight world.
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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. In 2005, the Library of Congress.
1936 Max Schmeling KOs Joe Louis, setting off propaganda war on eve of WWII
Joe Louis 198 lbs lost to Max Schmeling 192 lbs by KO at 2:29 in round 12 of 15Date: 1936-06-19Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA.Schmeling spent.
JOE LOUIS V MAX SCHMELING 1938 (COLLECTION OF FIVE ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOS) General boxing
On June 22nd, 1938, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling met for the second time in the boxing ring. Schmeling had won the first first fight. The fight was held in Ya.
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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.". Historians have largely agreed with him due to the symbolism and political ramifications of the encounter.
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When one of the world's most famous black Americans, Joe Louis, bludgeoned Germany's Max Schmeling to a first-round defeat in 1938, it was symbolic of free-world endurance against the fascism.
1936 Joe Louis & Max Schmeling vintage press photo
He was 7 on June 22, 1938, the night Louis, the boxer who might otherwise have been a violinist, fought a rematch against Max Schmeling for the heavyweight title and much more.