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Light heavyweight boxing · 1940s

Joseph Maxim

83–29 · 101 recorded bouts · 1941–1958

Joseph Maxim finished 27% of 83 wins inside the distance — the 10th percentile for light heavyweight boxing, where the median is 58%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height73″ (185.4 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLight Heavyweight Boxing
Peak era1940s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Joseph Maxim, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1950 win vs Red Burman (1941)win vs Oliver Shanks (1941)win vs Bill Petersen (1941)win vs Nate Bolden (1941)win vs Lee Oma (1941)win vs Johnny Trotter (1941)win vs Tony Paoli (1941)win vs Bobby Berry (1941)loss vs Orlando Trotter (1941)win vs Frank McBride (1941)loss vs Ezzard Charles (1942)win vs Larry Lane (1942)win vs Hubert Hood (1942)win vs Shelton Bell (1942)win vs Jack Marshall (1942)loss vs Altus Allen (1942)win vs Curtis Sheppard (1942)win vs Lou Brooks (1942)loss vs Jimmy Bivins (1942)win vs Charley Roth (1942)win vs Frank Greene (1942)win vs Herbie Katz (1942)loss vs Booker Beckwith (1942)win vs Claudio Villar (1943)win vs Buddy Scott (1943)win vs Nate Bolden (1943)win vs Al Jordan (1943)win vs Curtis Sheppard (1943)win vs Clarence Brown (1943)loss vs John Kowalczyk (1944)loss vs Lloyd Marshall (1944)win vs Frank Androff (1944)win vs Bob Garner (1944)win vs Buddy Walker (1944)win vs George Parks (1944)win vs Cleo Everett (1945)win vs Clarence Brown (1945)win vs Johnny Flanagan (1945)win vs Jack Marshall (1946)win vs Dolph Quijano (1946)win vs Jimmy Webb (1946)draw vs Jimmy Richie (1946)win vs Bearcat Jones (1946)win vs Clarence Jones (1946)win vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1946)win vs Henry Cooper (1946)win vs Phil Muscato (1946)draw vs Charley Eagle (1946)win vs Buddy Walker (1946)win vs Ralph DeJohn (1946)loss vs John Thomas (1946)win vs Panther Williams (1946)win vs Billy "Chicken" Thompson (1947)win vs Bob Foxworth (1947)win vs John Thomas (1947)win vs Clarence Jones (1947)loss vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1947)win vs Charley Roth (1947)win vs Marty Clark (1947)win vs Jimmy Bivins (1948)win vs Bob Satterfield (1948)loss vs Joe Kahut (1948)win vs Bill Petersen (1948)draw vs Pat Valentino (1948)win vs Roy Hawkins (1948)win vs Francisco de la Cruz (1948)win vs Whitey Berlier (1948)win vs Tony Bosnich (1948)win vs Robert Lee Sikes Jr. (1948)win vs Olle Tandberg (1948)win vs Bill Petersen (1949)win vs Pat McCafferty (1949)win vs Joe Kahut (1949)win vs Gus Lesnevich (1949)loss vs Ezzard Charles (1949)win vs Dave Whitlock (1950)win vs Big Boy Brown (1950)win vs Bill Petersen (1950)win vs Jackie Swanson (1950)win vs Joe Dawson (1950)win vs Freddie Mills (1950)loss vs Ezzard Charles (1951)win vs Irish Bob Murphy (1951)win vs Hubert Hood (1951)loss vs Archie Moore (1952)win vs Sugar Ray Robinson (1952)win vs Ted Lowry (1952)loss vs Archie Moore (1953)win vs Danny Nardico (1953)win vs Paul Andrews (1954)win vs Floyd Patterson (1954)loss vs Archie Moore (1954)loss vs Willie Pastrano (1955)loss vs Bobo Olson (1955)win vs Edgardo Romero (1956)loss vs Bobo Olson (1957)loss vs Eddie Machen (1957)loss vs Ulli Ritter (1958)loss vs Giacomo Bozzano (1958)loss vs Heinz Neuhaus (1958)
winlossdraw / NC1941–1958

Record

Boxing record

83–29

116 bouts on record

Finish rate

27%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 10th percentile

By knockout: 22 (27%)By decision: 61 (73%)
  • By knockout 27%
  • By decision 73%

The career, bout by bout

101 recorded bouts from 1941 to 1958. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

18y

1941–1958

Longest unbeaten run

17

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1946

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

101

100 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1958 L Ulli Ritter Decision10
1958 L Giacomo Bozzano Decision10
1958 L Heinz Neuhaus Decision10
1957 L Bobo Olson Decision10
1957 L Eddie Machen Decision10
1956 W Edgardo Romero Decision10
1955 L Willie Pastrano Decision10
1955 L Bobo Olson Decision10
1954 W Paul Andrews Decision10
1954 W Floyd Patterson Decision8
1954 L Archie Moore Decision15
1953 L Archie Moore Decision15
1953 W Danny Nardico Decision10
1952 L Archie Moore Decision15
1952 W Sugar Ray Robinson KO/TKO14
1952 W Ted Lowry Decision10
1951 L Ezzard Charles Decision12
1951 W Irish Bob Murphy Decision15
1951 W Hubert Hood KO/TKO3
1950 W Dave Whitlock KO/TKO4
1950 W Big Boy Brown Decision10
1950 W Bill Petersen Decision10
1950 W Jackie Swanson KO/TKO3
1950 W Joe Dawson KO/TKO2
1950 W Freddie Mills KO/TKO10
1949 W Bill Petersen Decision10
1949 W Pat McCafferty KO/TKO4
1949 W Joe Kahut KO/TKO5
1949 W Gus Lesnevich Decision15
1949 L Ezzard Charles Decision15
1948 W Jimmy Bivins Decision10
1948 W Bob Satterfield Decision10
1948 L Joe Kahut Decision15
1948 W Bill Petersen Decision10
1948 D Pat Valentino Decision10
1948 W Roy Hawkins Decision10
1948 W Francisco de la Cruz Decision10
1948 W Whitey Berlier Decision10
1948 W Tony Bosnich Decision10
1948 W Robert Lee Sikes Jr. Decision10
1948 W Olle Tandberg Decision10
1947 W Billy "Chicken" Thompson Decision10
1947 W Bob Foxworth Decision10
1947 W John Thomas Decision10
1947 W Clarence Jones KO/TKO5
1947 L Jersey Joe Walcott Decision10
1947 W Charley Roth KO/TKO4
1947 W Marty Clark KO/TKO7
1946 W Jack Marshall Decision10
1946 W Dolph Quijano Decision10
1946 W Jimmy Webb KO/TKO6
1946 D Jimmy Richie Decision10
1946 W Bearcat Jones KO/TKO5
1946 W Clarence Jones Decision10
1946 W Jersey Joe Walcott Decision10
1946 W Henry Cooper Decision10
1946 W Phil Muscato Decision10
1946 D Charley Eagle Decision10
1946 W Buddy Walker Decision10
1946 W Ralph DeJohn KO/TKO1

Showing the 60 most recent of 101 recorded bouts.

22 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 208 light heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Joey Maxim on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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