At 24-0, Joe Louis was seen as the next biggest star in heavyweight boxing. A powerful puncher who dispatched most of his ...

James J. Braddock, the Cinderella Man who scored one of the greatest heavyweight upsets in boxing history when he beat Max Baer in 1935 for the title, is now in the midst of his second great comeback.

Here, in capsule form, is the story of that heavyweight reign, a chronological list of his title acquisition and defenses. The “Cinderella Man” had not fought since upsetting Max Baer to win ...

The heavyweight division is usually weak ... the title was passed along from Max Schmeling to Jack Sharkey to Primo Carnera to Max Baer and finally to Jimmy Braddock, whom Louis knocked out.

thinking Schaaf showed sufficient promise to be groomed for the heavyweight championship, became his manager and got him a fight with Max Baer, which Schaaf won. Schaaf, who has won 20 of his last ...

September 24: Hours before fighting Max Baer, Louis marries Marva Trotter ... Joe Louis knocks out Jimmy Braddock in eight rounds to win the heavyweight championship of the world.

On paper, Carnera owns the record for the most knockouts of any heavyweight champ. His 72 wins by KO/TKO put him ahead of George Foreman, Joe Louis and Max Baer. Not that anyone believes that ...

McLuhan, schmoohan! Let's talk boxing. One-time heavyweight champion of the world Maximilian Adelbert Baer (aka Max Baer and Madcap Maxie), was the most feared boxer of his day - having killed two ...

Beloved actor Max Baer, Jr. (who prefers to be known as just Max Baer) is now 87. Baer is best known for playing Jethro Bodine on the classic CBS sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies, which originally ...