The Brown Bomber
"Tonight I not only fight the battle of my life to revenge the lone blot on my record, but I fight for America against the challenge of a foreign invader, Max Schmeling. This isn't just one man against another or Joe Louis boxing Max Schmeling; it is good old U.S.A. versus Germany."
- Joe Louis
Eighty years ago tonight, Champion Joe Louis knocked out challenger Max Schmeling in 124 seconds. Louis avenged a 1936 defeat to Schmeling, the only bout he lost between 1934 and 1949.
(Yankee Stadium, New York)
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