Editing Ruby Goldstein (section)

=== Refereeing the Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Joey Maxim Light Heavyweight Championship ===
He refereed the [[Sugar Ray Robinson]]-[[Joey Maxim]] [[light heavyweight]] title fight on June 25, 1952.  The bout was held outdoors at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] in the [[Bronx]], New York.  Robinson, the reigning [[middleweight]] king, was seeking to wrest Maxim's light heavyweight crown.  Temperature at ringside measured a blistering 104 degrees [[Fahrenheit]] (40 degrees [[Celsius]]), and it was even hotter in the ring under the lights.<ref name=BR />

A preview of the fight's ending occurred when Goldstein collapsed from the heat after the 10th round, and could not finish refereeing the remainder of the match.  Another referee, Ray Miller, was rushed into service so that the fight could be concluded.  In the 13th round, Robinson began wavering, and staggered around the ring on unsteady, wobbly legs.  Overcome by the heat, he could not answer the bell for the 14th round, resulting in a 14th round [[Knockout#Technical knockout|TKO]] for Maxim. Robinson, who was ahead in the scoring, was thus deprived of an opportunity to win a world title in a third division.  When asked if Maxim got lucky when Robinson collapsed from the heat, his colorful manager, [[Jack Kearns|Jack "Doc" Kearns]], replied:  "It was just as hot for Maxim in there as it was for Robinson."  Robinson commented:  "I lasted longer than Goldstein, and nobody was hitting him."