Max Schmeling vs Joe Louis, I (All Rounds)
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Max Schmeling vs Joe Louis (1st meeting). Jun. 19, 1936. Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States.
Макс Шмелинг против Джо Луиса (первая встреча), 19 июня 1936 г., весь бой, победа Шмелинга в 12-ом раунде (KO)
Joe Louis was broke when he died. Max Schmeling paid for his friend Joe's funeral and gave him the respect he deserved. Two great fighters in and out of the ring
I adore how Max picked Joe up off the floor and personally took him to his corner. What a great sport he was.
Max helps Joe up after his win. What an amazing show of respect and sportsmanship!
It seems like Schmelling was one hell of a nice guy look at the sportsmanship after he KO Lewis, Scmelling celebrates for a second then goes over and helps Lewis up...Not to mention Schmelling helped Lewis out financially in later years and paid for his funeral
Two great heavyweight fighters. What wonderful sportsmanship shown by Schmeling.
Schmeling's counter right on this night was truly something special
Those were the days when fighters really go for broke. They fought their hearts out. In memoriam to these greats!
It's amazing to watch this fight from 85 years ago, and the footage is very crisp and clear.
This was one of the greatest heavyweight fights! The Brown Bomber was undefeated and at his peak when he came into this fight. Louis was the overwhelming favorite to win (10-to-1). Schmeling was considered past his prime by virtually everyone in the boxing business. However, he had this bout leading toward the title shot again (being a former heavyweight champ). He trained especially hard for this last shot toward regaining the title. What many people aren't aware of was that Schmeling sparred in exhibition bouts twice with Jack Dempsey (1925 and 1933). Dempsey had trained Max Baer before his fight with Louis. Unfortunately for Baer (who didn't train as seriously as Dempsey had wanted him to), Joe Louis knocked him out in 3 rounds. Dempsey had also SPARRED many rounds with Max Schmeling in Schmeling's preparation for this bout with Joe Louis; in Max Schmeling, Dempsey found a much more serious contender. When Jack Dempsey first traded leather with Max Schmeling in an exhibition bout back in 1925, he told Max that he would be a future heavyweight champ someday. In their 2nd exhibition bout in 1933 (Dempsey having retired from professional boxing), Dempsey decked Schmeling to the canvas. To Max's credit, he got back up and fought back, earning Dempsey's respect. In this fight, Schmeling kept nailing Louis with solid rights which Louis apparently didn't even see coming. They took their toll on Louis and resulted in the only other knockout loss of his illustrious boxing career (the other KO loss was to Rocky Marciano at the end of the Brown Bomber's fight career). In the 1938 Louis-Schmeling rematch, although present at the bout, Dempsey had not sparred with Schmeling this time around, nor did he visit him at training camp as the social and political climate had drastically changed between Germany and the United States. Max Schmeling most certainly did not exude the same confidence in their rematch as he got bombed out by Louis in the very first round. In viewing this (their first) fight, Louis won rounds 1-3; Schmeling won rounds 4-6 (knocking Louis down for the first time in his professional boxing career in Round 4); Louis regained dominance in rounds 7-9; Round 10 was close but Louis had the upper hand; Round 11 was a draw; Round 12, Max owned the Brown Bomber (knocking him out). Louis hit Schmeling with a lot of low blows (for which the referee kept cautioning Louis). Louis only apologized for the first low blow but after that, he didn't seem to care. Max stepped a little out of line only once in this bout when he kept punching out Louis after the bell in Round 11. Schmeling had the common decency and professional sportsmanship to run over to pick up a KO'd Joe Louis. Louis certainly did NOT extend Schmeling the same courtesy in their rematch when the tables were turned and Max Schmeling struggled to stand up on his feet with the help of the referee and a few others. Even though Joe Louis always felt that this loss to Max Schmeling was a fluke, anyone who watches this fight film footage can clearly see that Schmeling weathered some very hard shots to his face from Louis in the in-fighting, while strategically counterpunching with some stunning rights to Louis' face throughout this bout. Schmeling's knockout of Louis was most certainly no fluke. It was carefully planned strategy all the way.
These were two men of the old days. Both had respect for each other and later became the best of friends. Both had integrity and ethics, boy to have that back again. RIP you two.
It pains me that Max is underrated as much as he is. For his day, he was a surprisingly technical fighter, and a very good counterpuncher (especially for a reformed swarmer!) It's also worth notingthat he was one of the few champs to retire to a long life of comfort.
This is honestly such a great fight. People seem to forget this fight or avoid mentioning it when talking about Joe Louis. And it's a shame because Max outclassed Louis that night. Truly impressive work by Max. I think this fight should be mentioned just as much as their rematch. It was a significant fight for both men.
Schmeling was a great student of the game, did his homework, and followed through. Huge upset at the time. Having exposed Louis's one glaring flaw, though (dropping the left after every jab), Max was inadvertently doing Louis a huge favor. Louis fixed that flaw, and was pretty much a perfect fighter thereafter. (That second fight-- Oh, man! Louis was a machine! Just crushed Schmeling like he was nothing.) As other posters here have pointed out, it's great to see Schmeling run back to Louis and help him up. Fighters up through, oh, Floyd Patterson or so, were a lot better sports. They totally understood that they were a rare, special fraternity, and--with an exception here and there, of course--they treated each other with respect and even affection.
Was für ein großer Sportler, nach dem ersten Jubelsprung hilft er sofort seinem Gegner. in großer Kampf
Two legends of the sport... I really like how Mr. Schmeling picked up Mr. Louis off the ground after the KO.
Two of the greatest heavyweights of all time.
If this was a title fight, people would have been talking about this more than many other iconic fights.
Gotta love Max. Whata class act. It wasn't the Brown Bomber's night unfortunately, but as much as I love Joe, Schmeling, is another of my favorite human beings.
The first* thing Max did after the ref stopped counting was RUN to help Louis up to his feet..................... That, is what true Champions always do ! / Respect !
Max Schmeling was a Great Fighter!