They called Max Baer the "Clown Prince of Boxing," but trainer Ray Arcel
remembered a night in 1933 when he worked Baer's corner in what was
probably Max's greatest triumph, the night he smashed Max Schmeling to
defeat in 10 brutal rounds. That was no clown. A year later, Baer was
heavyweight champion of the world. From a $4 a day foundry worker,
Baer's rise was rapid. He bought so many suits he couldn't keep track of
them; wore a new hat every week; bought a house like a hotel. Arcel
cried like a baby when he read in the New York Times that Max had died
from a heart attack in November 1959, at just 50 years old. This is the
fascinating story of an iconic boxing figure who achieved so much in a
life too short.