Joe Louis

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• SOURCE: The Sportsman
  6/22/2020
  

  On this Day in 1938, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling Went to War

  Although his title fight with Joe Louis was treated as a symbol for both racial conflict and the looming battle between fascism and democracy, the German heavyweight was relieved to be dumped as a mascot of the Nazi party after a decisive loss to the African American champion.