On This Day in 1936... 🗓 🇩🇪 Max Schmeling shocked the world when he knocked out heavyweight icon Joe Louis in the twelfth round of their first bout at the Yankee stadium. 🌎 🤔 Where does this rank among the all-time biggest upsets❓ SIGN UP: http://bit.ly/2lfluxu 🔞 #Boxing | Boxing Social

CAREER PROFILES - JOE LOUIS Joe Louis was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until 1949, the longest reign in the history of any weight division. Louis successfully defended his title 25 times, more than any other champion in any division, scoring 21 knockouts. He was known as an extremely accurate and economical knockout puncher. LISTEN ➡️ pod.fo/e/234fc0 #boxing #joelouis #podcasts #instagram | BTR Boxing Podcast Network

Joe Louis could be the greatest ever! #boxinghistory #boxinglife #joelouis | Master Boxing

Boxer Joe Louis was a stellar athlete. When he fought against German Max Schmeling he became a symbol of American ideals. Go back in time to 1938 with American Experience | PBS and stream "The Fight" on the PBS Video app to learn more: to.pbs.org/36zpkWR #BlackHistoryPBS #BlackHistoryMonth | PBS

Highlights of "the most beautiful fighting machine" that was Joe Louis, who on this day 24th Sep, 1935, annihilated Max Baer before a crowd of over 90,000 at Yankee Stadium. Baer's hands were repeatedly x-rayed in the weeks leading up to this fight. His hands were declared fit. They were fit before/after Braddock too. Louis' handlers asked that Baer and his team be watched closely by the commission for illegal stimulant use, after Baer admitted before a crowd of 300, and his trainer later confir