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King Max Baer celebrates as Heavyweight Champion of the World. Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, NY - June 14, 1934
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The blatant inaccuracies depicted in Opie's movie in 2005, and the continued perpetuation of the movie's lies, which have since spread across the internet, further tarnishing Max Baer's legacy, as well as greatly disturbing those who knew him, simply cannot continue. Max Baer's son, Max Baer Jr. said that "the only thing he got right about my father in that movie was the fact that he was a boxer." Therein lies my motivation for creation of this website: to refute the misinformation, to compile and present research that allows a glimpse into the thoughts behind the man's actions and most importantly, to present as accurate a picture as possible of Max Baer with all his faults, but most especially his wonderful foibles.
Researching a century's paper trail, and tracking down those who knew Max Baer and still grace this Earth, without a group of paid staff readily available, can be most time consuming. Please consider this website a work in progress, I'm just getting started ! By all means if you have questions, information, personal reminiscence, pictures or film to share, or want to debate or repute what I've written (and have references to back it up), please get in touch with me. I'd like this to be the site to go to for honest dialogue about Max Baer.
Enjoy !
Cat
Reference sources for the content of this website include:
- "Max Baer - Glamour Boy of the Ring" - Nat Fleischer
- "Cinderella Man" - Jeremy Schaap
- "Max Schmeling" - Max Schmeling
- "Dempsey" - Jack Dempsey with Barbara Piattelli Dempsey
- "Buddy Baer - Autobiography" - Joseph S. Brumbelow
- "In This Corner..." - Peter Heller
- "The Tumult and the Shouting" - Grantland Rice
- "Thus Farr" - Tommy Farr
- "Bombshell" - David Stenn
- "The Sweet Science" - A. J. Liebling
- "Beyond the Ring: The Role of Boxing in American Society" - Jeffrey T. Sammons
- "Sports Illustrated" March 1976 - "Send in the Clown" - Ron Fimrite
- "Ring Magazine" - June 1939
- "Ring Magazine" - July 1934
- "Ring Magazine" - September 1962
- "Boxing Illustrated" - September 1964
- "Boxing & Wrestling Magazine" - Mar-April 1952
- "Liberty Magazine" - May 7, 1938
- "Burying the Demon" - Max Baer & the Death of Ernie Schaaf - Michael Hunnicutt @ www.ibroresearch.com
- The Livermore Heritage Guild - special thanks to Gary Drummond
- The Oakland Tribune
- The Ogden Standard-Examiner
- The Lowell Sun
- The New York Times
- The Lincoln Star
- The Syracuse Herald
- The Reno Evening Gazette
- The Nevada State Journal
- The Winnipeg Free Press
- The Fresno Bee Republican
- The Hayward Daily Review
- The Galveston Daily News
- The Modesto Bee and News-Herald
- The San Mateo Times
- Time.com
- Ancestry.com
Special thanks to the illustrious sports writers of the past who brought the fight game to life in blazing technicolor:
- Bob Shand
- Henry McLemore
- Harry B. Smith
- Davis J. Walsh
- Hype Igoe
- James P. Dawson
- Grantland Rice
- Damon Runyon
Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008 Catherine Johnson. All rights reserved.
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