Thanks Russell ! I always have been too, but was too busy researching Max. I'm glad I took the time to dig into his story and set it all down in...
Hiya Gents, Somehow or other, a few months ago, I got terribly caught up in the life and times of Frankie Campbell. I actually put Max Baer on...
Every time somebody does a Baer vs. XXXX, and say Baer's "in the best condition of his life" yada yada, "who wins?" y'all use existing films to...
I'm working my way through 1934 right now so haven't researched 35, 39, 41 day by day, but did our Max ever get knocked completely prone ? I...
Baer was cut, swollen, bruised, dripping snot and blood and had god knows what other injuries during both Nova bouts but was still throwing...
First time I'm seeing this one...that's just heartbreaking...perfect example of a picture worth a thousand word...that just tears me up. :-(
Read Richard Bak's "Joe Louis." Why his dick didn't rot off I don't know ! He was lucky he was doing white women during a time when the newspapers...
That was Jean Harlow. He ran out the back door and took off with Greta Garbo. Then there's the time in 1933, Max was in Hollywood filming "The...
Hey a thread with all my favorite-est forum dudes participating !! On my site (viewable only in Firefox sorry, anybody know java ?) I have:...
Based on the newspaper articles I read in Max Baer's day, in the mid-late 1920s, Jack Dempsey was using 5 oz. gloves and by the mid-1930s, Max was...
Here are two articles published just after the bout. There are others, but the general, albight grudging, opinion among the sports editors was...
I wonder what the "Edison Black Maria Studio" was all about. Kinda creepy, as in U.S. coal mining country during the era, the Black Maria (pron....
You should look beyond the usual 2-3 bouts that everyone uses to discuss Baer failings and read the coverage of his earlier bouts. From 1929-1933,...
Which Baer-Levinksy bout are you referring to ? The 1st in Jan 1932, where Max and King laughed when they hit and laughed when the missed, where...
Actually Loughran did meet with Baer, twice ! "Despite his win, Tommy Loughran showed his admiration for Max's potential. "That left that Max...