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Marrying the former Mary Ellen Sullivan barely two weeks after the loss to Braddock, Baer announced his retirement from boxing after the Louis fight, telling reporters, “If you boys are through with me, I think I’ll go home. “He is very likeable, very warm-hearted, very affectionate, and maybe that’s the reason he doesn’t like to finish an opponent who is at his mercy,” Dempsey wondered.īaer would lose the championship in his first defense, in the summer of 1935 to James Braddock, and was stopped in four rounds by Joe Louis three months after that. Dempsey didn’t like it, though, that when Max hurt an opponent he would begin “to clown and pose around the ring like an actor.” He would hold fundraisers for the Campbell family but was never able to escape a sense of guilt. It was no secret that Max was emotionally damaged by Frankie Campbell’s death following their fight. Dempsey was familiar enough with Max to know he could punch hard and take punishment in return, but was disappointed in Max having “absolutely no self-control,” adding, in an article he wrote for Esquire Magazine, that if Baer could commit himself to six weeks of preparation for a fight he could be an historically great fighter.

Although he liked Max and saw a lot of raw talent, he didn’t see much of a future at the world-class level. Max spoke of his mother being his favorite woman because “she won’t sue me.”įormer champion Jack Dempsey found himself exasperated with Baer, too. Sued for alienation of affection, once for breaking an engagement to marry a “divorcee and former actress,” which itself soon led to a suit for divorce. Instead of opponents’ punches, he was dodging process servers. Upon taking the title from Primo Carnera, Max began making real money from “radio and motion picture contracts,” scheduling boxing exhibitions around his entertainment commitments, work which allowed him to rise from bed “shortly before noon.” He was making so much money as an entertainer that Hoffman let the world know there would be no title defenses for quite a while, for what turned out to be over a year. “He’d sell 110% of himself if he could,” Hoffman said. Fortunately, the friend could satisfy himself with Max paying the 10% cut “when he can.” Spending money as fast as it came, Max once sold 10% of his future earnings to a friend for $15,000 cash. He had a wicked right hand and a great sense of humor, but was no financial wizard.

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Hoffman made clear how much Max appreciated the movie money while a contender because he was “practically broke.” “He tended to be wild, he needed guidance and a firm hand to curb his wild spending,” manager Ancil Hoffman said of the young Max. Max was a Hollywood celebrity even before becoming champion, and enjoyed the spoils that came with the lifestyle.

Most of these bouts were on the undercard of Max’s fights, or as part his older brother’s barnstorming tour of exhibitions.

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The Sacramento Bee once reported, well into Buddy’s career, of his signing for a fight, this notice printed right next to an article about a movie Max was starring in.īuddy never fought as an amateur but would cash in on his brother’s fame from the beginning of his professional career, fighting 12 times in 1934, 15 times in 1935, and 21 times in 1936. Buddy came to understand this in his childhood, as a teacher commented how Buddy would not sign his name on school assignments, instead writing “Max Baer’s brother Bud” on his papers. The Baers would eventually settle in California where Buddy, much larger than his older brother at 6’ 6” tall and with an 84” reach, would ironically spend his whole life in Max’s shadow. Max was six when Buddy was born in Colorado, the family having moved there from Nebraska.

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Given Max Baer’s well-known penchant for enjoying a playboy lifestyle, what would have been the odds that he, and not the more subdued Buddy – who liked to watch sports or a movie in his free time rather than be the center of attention – would have the quiet domestic life that Buddy would not find for many years. Her separation from Doyle would be more complicated and drawn out, but no less startling and gossip worthy for the newspapers. Sonnenberg was in hospital recovering from a heart attack when Allen filed for divorce.