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Bratton's victory was fresh evidence of the astonishing extent to which Negro fighters have succeeded in capturing today's world titles. Above the bantamweight class, reluctant Light-Heavyweight Joey Maxim, who has not defended his title in more than a year, is the only white man who holds a world championship...
...clearly the No. I challenger for reluctant Joey Maxim's light-heavyweight title, Matthews gives credit where credit is due: "I was a stinking boxer until I met Jack Hurley...
...middleweight champion isn't sure where his next fight is coming from. For one thing, there are no other middleweights around able to give him more than a good workout. Sugar's manager said something about matching his 155-lb. man against Joey Maxim, world light-heavyweight champion, who fights...
...directions. Columbia has fattened its current catalogue (Kiss Me Kate, Out of This World, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) by recording older shows in their original spirit, mostly with new performers: 1931's The Bandwagon, 1934's Anything Goes (both with Mary Martin). Awaiting release: 1940's Pal Joey with the original's Vivienne Segal, and 1934's Conversation Piece with Author Noel Coward and Lily Pons. Decca is turning out record albums of straight plays with only minor cuts: T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman...
From Maxim's corner, Manager Kearns kept up a stream of chatter: "Step back. Get out of it, Joey." His fighter, one ear cocked for instructions, did as he was told. In the seventh, Joey got the go-ahead signal. He began exploding left hooks and right crosses against Mills's jaw. He loosened two of Freddie's teeth; the champ's handlers fished them out of his mouth after the round. They fished out a third tooth after the eighth...