Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
September
9, 2005
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Frankfurt,
Germany, September 10, 1966: Boxing greats Joe
Louis, right, and Max Schmeling watch Muhammad Ali defeat Karl Mildenberger
from ringside seats at Frankfurt's Forest Stadium. Louis and Schmeling met in
two politically-charged fights just before World War II, with Schmeling —
viewed by the Nazis as a symbol of German superiority — handing Louis his first
loss in 1936 and Louis rebounding with a first-round knockout two years later.