Joe Louis and Max Schemling were global stars, ferocious foes and ultimately friends in their legendary boxing careers.

Throughout history, there have been moments when sports represented something far greater than athletic competition. As the world drifted toward World War II, the two heavyweight boxing matches ...

On the heels of the White House UFC event, a new History Channel documentary revisits a time when combat sports worked to take down fascism rather than prop it up.

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 ...

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.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — While he wasn’t the flashiest or the most flamboyant, there’s no denying that Joe Louis is one of the greatest heavyweight boxers ever to enter the ring. The Detroiter ...