James J Braddock was immortalized in the movie Cinderella Man. Russel Crowe portrayed a down on his luck boxer with a family to feed stuck in the depths of the great depression. After retiring for a year he comes
back to upset Champion Max Baer in the biggest upset in heavyweight history at the time. But Braddock’s next fight had a far bigger impact on history.
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"Pay back the welfare"… BULLSHIT!!! I see why he's the "Cinderella man" now… because his story is a total FAIRYTALE!!!
Back when there was no commission and SO MANY "loaded gloves", j-ws were champions… like Baer… where are they TODAY?!??! They were all CREATING back then… which is why so many people "died" back then, LOADED GLOVES!!!
J-ws and that stupid star… they're the only ones ALLOWED to do such NONSENSE!!! SAVAGES!!!
Stop saying "the color line", it's a COVER UP for "the JEWS"…
Tell me a BLACK man that got "10% of ANY white/jew fighter's fights for 10 yrs"???
Wait.. are you trying to say "RACISM in boxing ended with Joe Louis"?!?!?!? Clearly YOU are white…
Rhythm Boxing is doing God's work. Another excellent video!
Can you do Riddick Bowe video next?
JESUS CHRIST LOUCHRAN WHEN HE FOUGHT BRADDOCK FOR THE LHW TITLE WAS A PROFFESSIONAL BOXER FOR 10 YRS AND HAD 114 FIGHTS 11. 4 FIGHTS PER YEAR MEANS A FIGHT EVERY 31 DAYS THATS OFF THE SCALE
Joe Louis Code of Conduct so what does that mean he was A boy Jack Johnson and Sonny Liston are the Greatest just because they stood on business fist to face RIp to both
WOW, what kind of crap contract was that ? Black man gives up 10 percent of every fight for 10 years ? No wonder he died broke .
17:26, the look of a man that pimped the fight game 😂
So, do you guys ever tell the whole truth???
So, Baer wanted to fight him? or didn't? as the movie suggests?
"Underdeveloped amygdala in utero resulting in sociopathic tendencies" is why they can't tell the truth.
Ps – Max Baer was viewed as a psychopath…I can't imagine why. Born without a conscience is why.
After Braddock won the belt why didn't he take a few more fights to earn more money before fighting Louis?
Joe put legacy first in that Braddock fight. But that was a bum deal. Jim is a buzzard for that one.
I read the book & loved it.
I saw this video & loved it.
Excellent documentary, I hope millions will watch it.
To bad they made this about race instead of boxing
Damn Joe Louis had zero head movement in the first fight. Crazy how far boxing has come.
11:50 "Born with a stutter."
Hilarious.
Wow. I was always under the assumption that Joe Loius was the reigning champion when Max Schmeling beat him in '36. I never knew that Braddock was the title holder at the time.
A great docco; well done.
James j braddock had nothing to be ashamed of against Joe louis. Joe luis was fast and powerful and cracked a great chin.
Not Chuck Norris? Colonel James Braddock?
10% of joes fight for the next 10 years. That’s insane!!!! Any source on that fact?
How in the hell do you give one man ten percent of another man's wages? Boxing is and always has been the most corrupt sport in history.
Braddock Was a P.O.S. For Agreeing To Take a Percentage Of All Joe Louis Fights Indefinitely If He Lost The Title. That's Not a Man… That's The Devil Himself!🤨
Mann act wasn't a law.The Americans White evil government fast tracked it.They arrested Jack Johnson b4 it was against the law,2 transport prostitutes between states.JJ escaped 2 Europe.He returned yrs afer the incident.He was out of shape.He was the most courgous famous American black.They couldn't kill him.The Lord decide our fate.JJ era lynching,raping,burning of black people were happening days in the South.
Lochranza style reminds me of Ali’s…
Braddock was cool until I learned how he saw my people.
Rhythm Boxing, great video! Hey could you maybe in the future make a vid about Ezzard Charles “The Cincinnati Cobra”??
Baer fought Louis with a broken right hand. Likely would've lost but would've been a far better fight.
the movie cinderella man said that he lost his license. interesting that movie wasn't very accurate anyway it made max baer out to be a heartless thug who took pride in killing too men in the ring when the opposite is true.
He didn't retire…he had his license revoked
What part of this is untold
Love jimmy,but give Joe lewis his due
Italians were treated just as bad if not worse in boxing in that period , just saying
I'll take Dempsey first, Marciano second
This was a time when men fought to eat. All of the old time boxers would have eaten today’s crop of heavyweights for breakfast. These guys fought with gloves that had straw stuffing in them and took punches that would have knocked an elephant out. Today’s lot fight once or twice a year and get paid multi millions but the old guys fought every month or so. Brilliant video. 👍👍
Thank you, after all even boxers ARE human, too.
What a putrid load of woke propaganda.
I have a lot of Respect for Fm Heavyweight Champion James Braddock, but why did Joe Louis Have to give 10% of his future fight Purse,s to J.Braddock, if he Beat him And Won the Heavyweight Championship 🏆 Title, Which he Did Win.
I know it was Pre-Written in Joe Louis,s Fight Contract with Champion James Braddock, At the time, but That's Kinda like it Was Understood And Allowed to Extract
X amount of Dollars from Joe/ Stealing. I don't believe that's ever been done before, And for good reason, it's Thievery.
No one Who Holds Any Professional Boxing Title
Should be Allowed literally to Hold That Title Hostage,
Unless this was a Pre – Written Understanding in Professional Boxing,
And,
I've never known of such a Stipulation.
When 2 Men are Contracted to Fight each other, every other matter stays out of the Ring.
The Skills of Both Individuals is All there is,
I don't see it as Honestly being Fare for the Titleholder to Sorta Hijack the Rules in their Favor.
It's Only My Opinion,
But I Believe it's Fare. 👍
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