- Joey Maxim (right) of Cleveland, NBA light-heavywetght champion, crashes his left into the eye of Joe Kahut, of Portland, Ore.. in the fourth round of their scheduled 10-round bout at the Cincinnati Garden last night. The blow opened a nasty, V-shaped cut over Kahut’s left eye and Dr, Walter Phillips, the boxing commission’s physician, ordered the bout: • ■ ■■ *^5 -#T ‘ f • * • * ' \T '%. Pihalted. Maxim was awarded a TKO. In the background is Referee Earle Butler.—AP Photo by Gene Smith.