Browsing Tag Max Baer

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  The Top Twelve 2

  Top 12 All-Time Greatest “Philly” Champs

  Rocky is a great movie, and Creed was pretty good, but they get my town all wrong when it comes to boxing. The films portray Philadelphia as a city ...

  On February 8, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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  Jan. 9, 1942: Louis vs Baer II

  It is 1942 and in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, America is at war. As the country enters this new chapter in ...

  On January 9, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Lee Wylie 2

  Joe Louis: Mechanical Wonder

  “I could have struggled up once more, but when I get executed, people are going to have to pay more than twenty-five dollars a seat to watch it.”  ...

  On September 25, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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  August 30, 1937: Louis vs Farr

  The great Joe Louis, already something of a legend, made his first defense as heavyweight champion against Welshman Tommy Farr just nine weeks after his title-winning knockout over James J. Braddock. ...

  On August 30, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Aug. 25, 1930: Baer vs Campbell

  At the end of the second, Frankie Campbell tells his corner, “Something feels like it broke in my head.” He’d put future heavyweight champion Max Baer down in ...

  On August 25, 2018 / By David Como
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  June 27, 1997: Hilton vs Drayton

  Fighting families are not exactly unique in boxing. Indeed, the history of prizefighting is filled with siblings who shared the profession, such as Max and Buddy Baer, Leon ...

  On June 27, 2018 / By Jamie Rebner
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  June 22, 1938: Louis-Schmeling II

  Former world champion Max Schmeling was a solid 10-to-1 underdog when he faced rising contender and awesome knockout artist Joe Louis in a major heavyweight showdown in June ...

  On June 22, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  June 19, 1936: Louis vs Schmeling

  Think back, if you will boxing fans, and recollect those breathless days of yesteryear, when the young, can’t-miss prospect, the next great star of the ring, thrilled you ...

  On June 19, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  June 18, 1941: Louis vs Conn I

  It is 1941 and while some say death and taxes are the only sure things in life, American sports fans know different. There exists a third certainty: Joe Louis ...

  On June 17, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Is Bigger Really Better?

  Heavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and gave away 58 pounds. Another huge champion, Primo ...

  On January 17, 2016 / By Sean Crose
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  The Giant Falls Again

  Undefeated. Invincible. Unstoppable. The best. The greatest. All applied to Ronda Rousey short hours ago, and thus her fall to unheralded Holly Holm is easily the biggest upset ...

  On November 15, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  73 Right Hands Less One

  A closer look at Joe Louis’ defeat at the hands of former champion Max Schmeling reveals a masterclass in boxing skill, with Schmeling controlling the terms of the ...

  On February 11, 2015 / By Lee Wylie
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  June 13, 1935: Braddock vs Baer

  “I thought I could lick Baer. I thought I can outpoint him. They never gave me a chance. But he was just another opponent and I was in ...

  On February 10, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  Welcome to Shocker Week

  At a polite social gathering, a friend introduces you to someone as, among other things, “a boxing fan,” or “a boxing writer,” or perhaps even “an ardent follower ...

  On February 8, 2015 / By Michael Carbert