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  1.                                 Joe Louis was heavyweight
  2.                                 champion of the world  
  3.                                 longer than any other 
  4.                                 boxer. He ruled the division  
  5.                                 for 11 years, 8 months, and
  6. one week, from June 1937 to March 1949. 
  7. ΓÇ£The Brown Bomber" (who was born Joe 
  8. Louis Barrow) was the first African-American
  9. heavyweight to become popular in the United
  10. States.
  11.  
  12. Joe fought Max Schmeling of Germany in two 
  13. of the biggest fights in boxing history. Their 
  14. first fight took place in 1936. In that contest, 
  15. Max knocked Joe out in the 12th round. 
  16.  
  17. The next year, Joe won the heavyweight 
  18. title from James Braddock. But he 
  19. never forgot that frustrating defeat 
  20.