Cover of the 1951 NCAA Collegiate Boxing Magazine

ID: 5244 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA. ~ Creator: National Collegiate Athletic Association ~ Date: 1951
This file appears in: Carl Maxey vs. The Injustices of Spokane

Undefeated NCAA champion of the 175 lb weight division, Carl Maxey, poses for the cover of the 1951 Official NCAA Guide: Boxing.

This file appears in: Carl Maxey vs. The Injustices of Spokane

By William Paaga
One of Carl Maxey's earliest memories of fighting was against racism during his childhood. Maxey was adopted and then orphaned and ended up at the Spokane Children's Home in 1933. Maxey remembered that when the orphans took a trip to Camp…