Talk:Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling

The reference to Maya Angelou writing about the Louis-Schmeling fight is incorrect. She was writing about the Louis-Carnera fight. She writes, "He's caught Carnera with a left hook in the head." 3rd page of chapter 19. She may have simply had her fighters mixed up.

Jack Davis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.186.242 (talk) 14:33, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Exactly. Looks like this correction suggestion was published ten years ago, but the article still hasn't been corrected by anyone. But, yes, both of those quotes from Maya Angelou are in reference to Louis's 1935 fight with Primo Carnera. Neither one is from either of his fights with Schmeling. Looks like these misattributions are credited not to Angelou directly, but to a separate book about Louis. 98.60.85.155 (talk) 17:07, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Bringing Coca Cola to Germany?
The article says "He would go on to invest his earnings in various post-War businesses, among other things becoming the first man to bring the Coca Cola brand to Germany." Coca Cola was available in Germany before the war and was a well known brand. 91.65.31.248 (talk) 23:06, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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Account of bout 2 seems wrong
The article says - "Schmeling is hit in the lumbar region and suffers a spinal injury. Unable to keep on fighting he must forfeit."

Wikipedia re the actual fight - "Louis unleashed a tireless barrage on Schmeling. Referee Arthur Donovan stopped action for the first time just over one minute and a half into the fight after Louis connected on five left hooks and a body blow to Schmeling's lower left which had him audibly crying in pain. After sending Louis briefly to his corner, Donovan quickly resumed action, after which Louis went on the attack again, immediately felling the German with a right hook to the face. Schmeling went down this time, arising on the count of three. Louis then resumed his barrage, this time focusing on Schmeling's head. After connecting on three clean shots to Schmeling's jaw, the German fell to the canvas again, arising at the count of two. With Schmeling having few defenses left at this point, Louis connected at will, sending Schmeling to the canvas for the third time in short order, this time near the ring's center. Schmeling's cornerman Max Machon threw a towel in the ring – although under New York State rules, this did not actually end the fight. Machon was therefore forced to enter the ring at the count of eight, at which point Donovan had already declared the fight over."

(Schmeling later claimed a foul blow to the kidneys - and indeed he had some cracked vertebrae - but the fight had continued - the fight was filmed and very widely shown so it would be unlikely that a US movie version is radically different) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien (talk • contribs) 16:37, 19 June 2020 (UTC)