Schmeling, one of Germany's biggest sports idols, died Wednesday at his home in Hollenstedt, his foundation in Hamburg said. The boxer was buried Friday next to his wife, Anny Ondra, in Hollenstedt at ...

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Heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling, touted as a Nazi ideal in 1930s Germany, is best known for two highly symbolic and historically charged bouts against American champion Joe Louis. Schmeling ...

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Popular sentiment has Joe Louis fighting not only for the heavyweight championship, but also for democracy as Max Schmeling unwittingly represents Adolf Hitler and fascism. Actually, the German boxer ...

Joe Louis was a young boxing phenomenon who had won all 27 fights of his professional career. For Louis, Max Schmeling was just another man to beat on the journey to the top. Schmeling was a former ...

Before he became heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis’s mother forced him to play the violin. Or so she thought. She handed over a quarter a week for lessons. But he never showed up, choosing ...

Nuremberg, Germany, January 1947: MPs hold back a crowd of fans anxious to get in the picture with former world heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling, the guest referee at a boxing exhibition.

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