From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Max Everitt Rosenbloom November 1 1907 March 6 1976 was an American boxer actor and television personality Born in Leonard Bridge Connecticut Rosenbloom was nicknamed Slapsie Maxie by a journalist due to his opengloved style of boxing In 1930 he won the New York light heavyweight title In 1932 he won the World Light Heavyweight Championship He held and defended the title until November 1934 when he lost it to Bob Olin As a professional boxer Rosenbloom relied on hitting and moving to score points He was very difficult to hit cleanly with a power punch and his fights often went the full number of required rounds In his boxing career he received thousands of punches to the head which eventually led to the deterioration of his motor functions In 1937 he accepted a role in a Hollywood film He became a character actor portraying comical big guys in movies that included Each Dawn I Die and Maxie retired from boxing permanently in 1939 Slapsy Maxies the first comedy club opened in San Francisco and Los Angeles He continued acting on radio television and in a number of films usually playing comedy roles as a big clumsy punchdrunkbut lovablecharacter He appeared in a number of episodes playing himself of The Fred Allen Showincluding a skit with Marlene Dietrich Rosenbloom played an important part in televisions first 90minute drama Requiem for a Heavyweight written by Rod Serling and starring Jack Palance as a boxer at the end of his career Rosenbloom played an exboxer whose life revolved around retelling old boxing stories night after night to other exboxers in a downandout bar It is the fate that looms for Mountain McClintock Palances character if he cannot adjust to a new life outside the ring Slapsy Maxies his nightclub is prominently featured in a 2013 crime film Gangster Squad which is set in 1949 The club which actually operated in 1939 at 7165 Beverly Blvd and from 1943 to 1947 was located at 5665 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles
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