Maxie Rosenbloom

[elmersalsa]

How about this lightheavyweight great??? Why nobody talks about him???

He beat pretty good opposition in his career and held the title for 4 years. Also had registered over 200 wins, but only 19 KOs.

Let's talk about this guy, shall we???

[iceman21287]

Maxie was Slapsie

In all seriousness he is one of the true great fighters of all-time. If he had any power whatsoever, he could have been greater than even Willie Pep or Sugar Ray IMO. Definitely one of the most intelligent fighters to ever step through the ropes. It's a shame his name isn't mentioned more nowadays. He's kind of like the George Sisler of boxing.

[barry]

Rosenbloom was one of the not too many white fighters that barred absolutely no one as he beat some of the best boxer of his era, white and black. A true all-time great!

[barry]

I just scanned over Rosenblooms record and it is absolutely incredible and possibly the best record ever when it comes to total number of quality opposition faced. Hell, just imagine what he would have been like if he had carried a heavy punch!

Below are the top fighters that he faced during his career, which just blows me away to imagine as many of the fighters he fought several times, but below are the top fighters he faced:


Colored
Alex Gibbons
Tiger Jack Payne
Allentown Joe Gans
Tiger Flowers
Homer Robertson
Jack McVey
Cuban Bobby Brown
Hale (K O) Brown
Larry Johnson
Billy Jones
Dynamite Jackson
Leroy Haynes
Wilson Dunn
Al Gainer
John Henry Lewis
Tiger Jack Fox
Leo Kelly
Roscoe Toles
Alberto Santiago Lovell


White
Jack DeMave
Frank Moody
Jack Delaney
Dave Shade
Johnny Wilson
Jimmy Delaney
Tony Marullo
Bob Sage
Jock Malone
Dick Evans
Phil Kaplan
Pete Latzo
Frankie Schoell
Tommy Milligan
Roland Todd
Ted 'Kid' Lewis
Joe Anderson
Joe Sekyra
Yale Okun
Ace Hudkins
George Hoffman
Jimmy Slattery
Abie Bain
Patsy Perroni
Paul Swiderski
Tony Cancela
Marty Gallagher
Leo Lomski
Joe Banovic
George Manley
Jimmy Slattery
Owen Phelps
Dick Daniels
Battling Bozo
Jim Braddock
Frankie Wine
Harry Ebbets
Don 'Red' Barry
Natie Brown
Jack Redman
Adolf Heuser
Lou Scozza
Charley Belanger
Fred Lenhart
K O Christner
Young Stribling
Bob Godwin
Joe Knight
Clyde Chastain
Mickey Walker
Bob Olin
Tony Shucco
Al Stillman
Bob Godwin
Rosy Rosales
Charley Massera
Hank Hankinson
King Levinsky
Lee Ramage
Bob Nestell
Jimmy Adamick
Lou Nova
Bob Pastor
Al Ettore


Not to forget tough guys like these below:
Tiger Thomas
Al (Big Boy) Bray
Hambone Kelly
Leo Williams
Frank Rowsey
Abe Feldman
Ford Smith
Oscar Rankin
Chuck Burns
Harry Fuller
Dave Maier
Willard Dix
Harry Martone
Harry Dillon
Art Weigand

I didn't count the total number, but aside from maybe Harry Greb and one, or two more, no fighter can claim the same kind of tough opposition, which was steady from the start to the end of his fighting days!

[dalek]

didn't he fight greb as well?

[Cap]

Jack Sharkey? That was more to do with Johnny Buckley and some of the moustache-petes behind him than Jack. Time and again he popped up to get big fights that others might have had more of a right to. He saw there was good money in losing to Carnera, Loughlin, Louis, etc.

Cap

[KOJOE90]

Am I right in thinking that Maxie Rosenbloom did a lot of TV and film work?

[barry]

>>>Am I right in thinking that Maxie Rosenbloom did a lot of TV and film work?<<<

Yep! Rosenbloom and Max Baer had some kind of duo act at one point.

[Ric]

Am I right in thinking that Maxie Rosenbloom did a lot of TV and film work?

http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/B ... oom:011349

[KOJOE90]

Am I right in thinking that Maxie Rosenbloom did a lot of TV and film work?

http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/B ... oom:011349

Cheers.

Also found this.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742438/

[Chuck1052]

A black fighter named James "Cannonball" Green
fought Maxie Rosenbloom to a draw in a six-round
bout in Ventura, California during the middle
1930s. Green went on to be a Los Angeles-based
trainer. There was a story about Green being
asked about one of his fighters who quit during
a bout. Green replied, "He's got a fever.....yellow
fever!"

- Chuck Johnston

[Chuck1052]

In regards to Maxie Rosenbloom's record, I think that there
are some unrecorded bouts of his out there. Even after
becoming a top fighter, Rosenbloom would fight in some
very obscure venues. I myself discovered at least one of
his bouts (with Harold "Millionaire" Murphy) that took place
in Ventura, California.

- Chuck Johnston

[elmersalsa]

I do not understand, why The Ring Magazine did not include this guy as one of the 80 best fighters of the last 80 years. It is very disturbing not to include someone like Rosenbloom, not even in the top 80???

Could he be a top 50 great???

[-KOKid-]

Agree. Rosenbloom deserves far more attention than he gets today. I cannot think of any other reason for him not getting this than his low KO percentage. Very sad.

Some quick Rosenbloom facts:
According to THe Boxing Register, IBHOF's official record book, Rosenbloom engaged in 299 bouts, from which his record reads 210-38-26-23 ND-2 NC (19 KO).

Rosenbloom defended his light-heavyweight title seven times. As mentioned in an above post, his level of opposition was outstanding.

Slapsie Maxie was known to get into the ring with anyone who was willing and once asked Joe Louis to get in the ring with him. Louis refused claiming Rosenbloom would make him look too bad.

Here's a thought; if Rosenbloom had had a 50-60% KO ratio, people would be mentioning him in the same sentence as Harry Greb and Benny Leonard.
I belive most of us have underrated him solely by his lack of punch. He was indeed a great, great fighter.

-KOKid-

[KOJOE90]

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