Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling 2 // Highlights (For NBA, NYSAC, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight titles)

Joe Louis 199 lbs beat Max Schmeling 193 lbs by KO at 2:04 in round 1 of 15 Date: 1938-06-22 Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA World Heavyweight Championship (4th defense by Louis) Louis floored Schmeling three times. Schmeling was hospitalized after the fight. A doctor who treated him said, "Schmeling suffered fractures of the transverse processes of the third and fourth lumbar vertebra with a hemorrhage of the lumbar muscles." Louis was a 3-to-1 favorite. The fight was named "Fight of the Decade" by The Ring magazine.