As a result of Maxie Baer’s decisive victory over Primo Carnera Thursday at the Madison Square Garden Bowl, three Jewish boxers are world champions. Max Baer is king of the heavyweights and supreme ...

BROOKLYN, New York - The last world title fight in Brooklyn took place on August 5, 1931 when defending Light Heavyweight World Champion Maxie Rosenbloom outpointed Jimmy Slattery over 15 rounds at ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Everitt Rosenbloom (November 1, 1907 – March 6, 1976) was an American boxer, actor, and television personality. Born in Leonard Bridge, Connecticut, ...

Slattery piled up the wins in the early part of his career. Most of those bouts were held in Buffalo's Broadway Auditorium. He had won seven in a row there in earning a title shot in the ...

Can the Jewish boys take it? Well, everything but the cold. It seems that all our friends from Hillman???s gym over on Eighth avenue have gone south for the winter season. There they will bask in the ...

In the waiting-room outside the office of Tom McArdle, the Garden matchmaker, an argument was going on. “I’m telling you now positive. It can’t be, never. If I don’t get in at forty-five, I don’t get ...