Max Baer : Clown Prince of Boxing
by
John Jarrett
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1801505497
ISBN-13
9781801505499
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Imprint
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 11th, 2017
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
374 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.70 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: sportBoxing
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Max Baer was a handsome Adonis who never saw a camera he didn't like, photogenic, charismatic; as he said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' A lover he certainly was, but also a fighter. He became heavyweight champion of the world, a killer in the ring early in his career who went from the boxing ring to Broadway and Hollywood.
They called Max Baer the ''Clown Prince of Boxing'', but trainer Ray Arcel remembered a night in 1933 when he worked Baer''s corner in what was probably Max''s greatest triumph, the night he smashed Max Schmeling to defeat in ten brutal rounds. That was no clown. A year later, Baer was heavyweight champion of the world. New York loved the handsome Californian. Broadway was his playground and he was never short of playmates; his manager Ancil Hoffman often settling some breach-of-promise suit brought by a leggy blonde showgirl. A natural for Hollywood. Radio and vaudeville engagements brought in $250,000. From a $4 a day foundry worker, Baer''s rise was rapid. He bought so many suits he couldn''t keep track of them; wore a new hat every week; bought a house like a hotel. Arcel cried like a baby when he read in the New York Times that Max had died from a heart attack in November 1959. Baer was just 50 years old. This is the fascinating story of an iconic boxing figure who achieved so much in a life too short.
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