Brought out of retirement by manager Joe Gould, James J. Braddock was intended to be the fall guy, a tune-up opponent for John “Corn” Griffin before Griffin met the world heavyweight champion, Max ...
Ron Howard's 2005 production of Cinderella Man was a stellar recreation of James J. Braddock's rise from the brutal grip of the Great Depression to the Heavyweight Championship of the world. In one ...
Braddock was born June 7, 1905, into a poor Irish family in New York City. He entered his first official fight in 1923 under the alias Jimmy Ryan and at 21 turned pro under the guidance of Joe Gould.
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