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Charged in his wife's divorce suit with gross neglect, extreme cruelty and beating her "black and blue," former Light-Heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim protested that it wasn't that way at all. "Sure, we had some fights, but I always came out worse than she did. I take more than I dish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 10, 1953 | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...Ogden, Utah, aging (36) Light-Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore outpointed Joey Maxim, 31, from whom he took the title last December, to win a 15-round decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 6, 1953 | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

...Polo Grounds for the rematch, the first really big gate Robinson ever attracted. Battered and bleeding, his timing way off, Robinson made a dramatic tenth-round comeback and knocked Turpin out. Robinson's last ambition then was to win the light-heavyweight (175 Ibs.) title from Joey Maxim (see below). Spotting his opponent 15 Ibs., Robinson, 32, had the title all but won when he was felled by heat prostration last September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Perfectionist Retires | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

Boxing (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS Radio & TV). Joey Maxim v. Archie Moore for the light-heavyweight championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Dec. 15, 1952 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...Joey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

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