Patrick Myler - Ring of Hate: Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling

TOTAL CONTESTS: 67; WON: 64 (50 BY KO); LOST: 3
KEY: W = won; L = lost; D = drew; KO = knockout;
TKO = technical knockout; pts = points; disq = disqualified
* Denotes world heavyweight title fight

TOTAL CONTESTS: 70; WON: 56 (37 by KO); LOST: 10; DREW: 4
KEY: W = won; L = lost; D = drew; KO = knockout;
TKO = technical knockout; pts = points; disq = disqualified
*Denotes world heavyweight title fight

Writing a book, they say, is like having a baby As a mere male, I am lost in my admiration for every woman who goes through that wondrous experience, but the comparison is not entirely frivolous. This particular offspring took me nine difficult months, from conception to birth. I would never have made it through the emotional strain, and the regular labor pains, without the unstinting nursing care of my family and good friends.

Tony Gee was available whenever help with research was needed. Niels Thorsen and Brian Doogan could always be relied on for advice and encouragement. John Exshaw generously offered to read the manuscript and provided useful information on Anny Ondra, Max Schmelings film-star wife, Briana Cechova, of the Department of Film History, Czech National Film Archive, and Luke McKernan, head of information, British Universities Film and Video Council, were also helpful in this regard.

U.S. boxing historians Tracy Callis and Hank Kaplan provided expert analysis on Louis and Schmeling, as did Nigel Collins, editor in chief of The Ring. The professional records of both fighters were compiled by Tracy Callis, with input from Luckett Davis, for Cyber Boxing Zone.

I am grateful to Bonus Books/Volt Press for permission to use extracts from the American edition of Max Schmelings autobiography and to Ullstein Verlag, Berlin, publishers of the original German version. I also thank Joe Louis Barrow Jr. for allowing me to quote from his biography of his father.

For expert translations of German material, I am indebted to Rinze van der Meer and Bernie ODwyer. Danke sehrl

Valuable help was also given by staff at the Saturday Evening Post, the New York Post, the Coca-Cola Company, Caesars Palace Hotel, Las Vegas, the U.S. National Archive, the British Library Newspaper Library, and the Irish National Library.

Hank Kaplan kindly provided some of the photographs used in this book. The rest are from the authors collection unless otherwise stated. Every effort has been made to ascertain the copyright holders of every photograph. We apologize for any omissions, which will be rectified in future editions.

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