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 ...

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

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

A documentary examining the heavyweight rivalry between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling debuted Friday on The HISTORY Channel, marking 90 years to the day since the fighters first met at Yankee Stadium.

For 12 years — longer than any fighter past or present — Joe Louis would be the undisputed king of boxing. So dominant, in fact, that the “Brown Bomber” transcended the stringent racial barriers of ...

Boxer Joe Louis on Sept. 8, 1946; Joe Louis Barrow Jr. in The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling More than 45 years after legendary 20th century boxer Joe Louis died at 66, his son is giving ...

A documentary examining the heavyweight rivalry between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling will premiere Friday on The HISTORY Channel, exactly 90 years after the two first met in the ring at Yankee Stadium.

Just off the boat -- A regime's embrace -- A star rises in the Midwest -- New York falls in love -- Champion in waiting -- The condemned man -- Victor and vanquished -- Climbing back -- A German ...