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 championship. The two ...

Two of the first people I spoke with yesterday about Max Schmeling were surprised to learn that he had died this week. They didn't know he was alive in the first place. Come September, he would have ...

Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs), the WBO's cruiserweight champion, wants to make German boxing history by becoming the first champion in the country since the legendary Max Schmeling. Huck is going to ...

The poor babies of Manhattan and environs are richer by $130,000, that being their share of the sums paid by 40,000 fight patrons to see last week’s Milk Fund bout between Heavyweights Max Schmeling ...

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In the 1930s, with the country staggering under the Depression and looming international threats, many Americans looked to boxing for heroes on which they could project their hopes and fears. Two of ...

Universum announced yesterday on Aug 24 that Tomasz Adamek´s defense of the WBC 175 title against Thomas Ulrich will go forward on October 15 in Duesseldorf. German super middleweight Danilo Haussler, ...

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - When it was announced that German boxing champion Henry Maske was going to play historic heavyweight champion Max Schmeling in a biopic, another name came close to ...

Two years ago when a referee at a Madison Square Garden bout gave Jack Sharkey a decision over Max Schmeling for the world’s heavyweight championship, Schmeling’s manager swore never to fight for the ...