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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...
...title fight was recognized in 47 states (New York excepted) by the National Boxing Association. *The champions: Heavyweight Ezzard Charles, Light-Heavyweight Maxim, Middleweight Robinson, Welterweight Bratton, Lightweight Ike Williams, Featherweight Sandy Saddler. South Africa's Vic Toweel, a white man, holds the bantamweight title, and Hawaii's Dada Marino the flyweight...
...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...
From the point of view of the United States, I suggest that such a policy would be in keeping with a Chinese maxim, quoted by Robert Payne in a biography of Mac Tse-tung. "Know yourself, know enemy: hundred battles, hundred victories." Lorentz W. Hansen...