To find a quicker way to Asia and India
The acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industry
Because the match it's not a simple bout between athletes. It represent proud and nationalism from both countries that involved in the cold war.
At that time, America and the Soviet Union competed at almost anything to show the world which has the better system. Joe Louis was the boxer that represented America, while Max Schmelling was chosen to represent the Soviet union.
After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.