# JOE LOUIS "BROWN BOMBER" VS. MAX SCHMELING BOXING MATCHES 83854

This film shows two fights between Joe Louis the "Brown Bomber" and Max Schmeling. The first fight between Louis and Schmeling took place on June 19, 1936, at the famous Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York, and was one of the greatest upsets in boxing history. The referee was the legendary Arthur Donovan, and the stadium was sold out. The bout was scheduled for fifteen rounds. By round twelve, Schmeling was far ahead on the judges' scorecards. Finally, he landed a right to Louis' body, followed by another right hand, this one to the jaw. Louis fell near his own corner, and was counted out by Donovan. This was Louis' only knockout defeat during his prime: the only other knockout happened when Rocky Marciano knocked Louis out fifteen years later. By then, Louis was considered a faded champion and Marciano a rising star. The Louis-Schmeling rematch (at 4:15 in the film) came on June 22, 1938 – one year from the day Louis had won the world Heavyweight title. At the time the fight had enormous racial implications and as the narrator explains, German chancellor Adolf Hitler had celebrated Schmeling's surprise victory over Louis. The fighters met once again in a sold-out Yankee Stadium in New York City. Among the more than 70,000 fans in attendance were Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, and J. Edgar Hoover. The fight drew gate receipts of $1,015,01. Referee Arthur Donovan stopped action for the first time just over one minute and a half into the fight after…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/83854CastleFilmsGreatestFightsOfTheCenturyPart2Vwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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