Tommy, I agree that Maxim was an outstanding boxer. He is the only boxer ever to beat (actually he won by a TKO) Sugar Ray Robinson, Floyd Patterson and Jersey Joe Walcott.




You stated that: after suffering his first defeat he had a rematch in 21 days and kicked the guys ---! Actually he lost 7 times before that. The bout your talking about is the only time Maxim was stopped. On March 10, 1943, Curtis Sheppard stopped him in the 1st round. and 21 days later Maxim beat Sheppard in 10 rounds. You could also have been thinking about his loss to Charles Roth on May 11, 1942, when he was DQ'ed for the 1st and only time in his career, this was his 3rd loss. 21 Days later on June 1st he stopped Roth in the 4th round.




Maxim finished with a career record of 115 total bouts, winning 82, 21 of them by knockouts while lossing 29 with 1 draw.




Joey Maxim was a class guy!

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Cheers Tommy... I'm learning everyday...

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Just wanted to let you all know if you haden't heard the news yet that Hall of Fame Ring Legend Joey Maxim passed away June 2, 2001. Joey was the Light Heavyweight Champion when there were only 8 champions total. He, in my opinion makes Roy Jones Jr. look like an asshole. He fought back when fighting was fighting...after suffering his first defeat he had a rematch in 21 days and kicked the guys ASS!




Check out our feature article on him on StraightJAB.com and you can also listen to our last interview with him a few years ago. He talks about his famous 14 round victory over Sugar Ray Robinson and much more. He was a very kind, generous person with an engaging personality and vigor.




Sadly, there are no more boxers like him and his peers... All we have today are a bunch of money-grubbing assholes who think that 22-0 is impressive. There are people retiring today with under 30 fights. No more 16 rounders...need I go on?




Anyway, we should all remember Joey Maxim and the example he set that was apparently too grand to follow for todays self-absorbed, greedy sniffling asswipes.




Just My Opinion.




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Tom Vosicky


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www.straightjab.com




Link for Story: http://www.straightjab.com/docshow.asp?idnumber=87




Link for Real Audio Interview: http://www.straightjab.com/maxim-real.rm




P.S., well SADDO congrats on your boxing site...looking good sofar.