Tyson was equally as impressive during his time as king of the division, becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion in ...

A historical Baltimore recreation center is going through a multi-million-dollar renovation while honoring its prominent past ...

Best known as ‘The Greatest’, Ali is often regarded as being the best fighter of all time, let alone just in the heavyweight ...

"What my father did was enable white America to think of him as an American, not as a black," said his son, Joe Louis Jr. "By winning, he became white America's first black hero." Louis was ...

Arnold Raymond Cream, better known as Jersey Joe Walcott is best known for breaking the record to become the oldest man to win a heavyweight title. He broke the record at 37 and it stood until George ...

The New York Daily News, June 23, 1938. When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation celebrated -- and one of the biggest parties was in Harlem. In the famous New York ...

A big weekend of rematches is set to take place as William Zepeda and Mikaela Mayer look to score consecutive wins over ...

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.

According to CMG Worldwide, Foreman explained his choice by saying, "The best boxer I ever saw was Joe Louis. No one has ...

The Joe Louis Greenway construction received another batch of funding, this time in Highland Park and Detroit The $10 million grant will pay for the greenway between Woodward Avenue and Dequindre ...

Joe Louis, in the far right corner, floored Max Schmeling three times and won their much-publicized June 22, 1938 rematch at Yankee Stadium in a first-round knockout. In a time when his people ...