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...first round, nearly knocked him out in the fourth) thought Jersey Joe got a raw decision then. In the 21 years he has been bouncing around the fight game, Jersey Joe has had a lot of tough breaks. In all, Joe tried four times against Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles. Last week in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field before the largest fight crowd (28,-272) of the year, Jersey Joe got his last chance at the world heavyweight title...
...world this year: 4:07.8; in London. ¶Heavyweight Rocky Marciano, his 36th straight victory, over clumsy Rex Layne, with a crushing sixth-round knockout; in New York. Marciano's showing put him in line to take on the winner of September's heavyweight championship fight between Ezzard Charles and Joe Louis. ¶Tony Trabert, the National clay court tennis title, in an upset over U.S. Champion Art Larsen, 6-8, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 8-6; in Chicago. ¶ Victor Seixas, the Spring Lake invitation tennis tournament, over Bill Talbert...
...prizefights, had something to cheer about. The Joe Louis-Lee Savold fight (see SPORT), put on without commercial radio or TV, drew to Madison Square Garden a crowd of more than 18,000 fans, a gate of $94,684. Contrast: last month's televised heavyweight championship bout between Ezzard Charles and Joey Maxim in Chicago drew only...
...Robinson is already looking past Turpin to another title-the light heavyweight championship now held by Joey Maxim. Robinson says he will not fight Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles under any circumstances. But Maxim is something else again. Though Robinson is too politic to mention it, the light heavyweight crown is the only major world title not held by a Negro. Besides, says Good Businessman Ray Robinson, "it's a good money match...
Boxing (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). Heavyweight championship: Ezzard Charles v. Joey Maxim...