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Maximilian Adelbert Baer Sr. (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. He was known in his time as the Livermore Larupper and Madcap Maxie.
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "The Big Bear", [4] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he ...
Baer lost to gifted Finnish boxer Gunnar Barlund on March 4, 1938, before 8,565 fans in a seventh-round technical knockout at Madison Square Garden. Baer had a forty-pound weight advantage over Barlund, and 5 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch advantage in height, but lacked stamina and heart as the fight progressed. Baer performed well in the first, cutting ...
Championship bout weigh-ins, before this, had been predictable and boring. Ali entered the room where the weigh-in would be held wearing a denim jacket with the words "Bear Huntin'" on the back and carrying an African walking stick. He began waving the stick, screaming, "I'm the champ! Tell Sonny I'm here. Bring that big ugly bear on."
Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American boxing world champion Max Baer Jr. (born 1937), son of the boxer, American actor on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies Max Baer (judge) (1947–2022), American jurist, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice
Baer was born in Oakland, California, on December 4, 1937, the son of boxing champion Max Baer and his wife Mary Ellen Sullivan. [1] His paternal grandfather was of German Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish descent.
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He was the son of boxer Ed "Bearcat" Wright, and had an 8–0 record as a professional boxer himself in the early 1950s, boxing as "Bearcat Wright Jr."