Max Schmeling won the first fight, which started one of the biggest rivalries within boxing. After max finished as a paratrooper in WWII, due to a injury from the invasion of Crete, he returned home to Germany. Max ended up coming back to boxing around 1947. In 1954 Max Schmeling started working for Coca-Cola. Alltogether the overall triumph for Max was that he ended up getting back in touch with joe louis and they became lifelong friends
Max has said a few of his own words about the fights himself:
-"Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing."
Max has said a few of his own words about the fights himself:
-"Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing."