🥊 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟗, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤. The referee was the legendary Arthur Donovan, and the stadium's seats were sold out! | TVP World

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

In the lead-up to World War II, Joe Louis took on German boxer Max Schmeling in a pair of matches that were about more than the heavyweight title. | Drunk History