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  1. 5 hours ago · A former Republican congressional candidate in Florida has been charged with threatening to send a “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to kill his political opponent during their 2022 primary race. William Robert Braddock III, who was recently deported back to the U.S. from the Philippines to face ...

    • James J. Braddock Becomes A Boxer
    • Surviving The Great Depression
    • James Braddock, Heavyweight Champion of The World

    James Walter Braddock was born on June 7, 1905, in Hell’s Kitchen in New York City. His parents Elizabeth O’Tool and Joseph Braddock were both immigrants of Irish descent. Braddock took his first breath on West 48th Street — mere blocks from Madison Square Garden where the world would eventually learn his name. The family relocated to North Bergen,...

    While the decision against James Braddock had been narrow, most critics felt he had squandered his one chance at the title. The cast on his hand served as a reminder of that notion, as did Gould’s increasing difficulty in finding Braddock another fight. Ultimately, however, the American economy became his biggest challenger. On Oct. 29, 1929, Black...

    Contracts for the heavyweight title fight were finalized on April 11, 1935. James Braddock and Joe Gould were to split $31,000 if the fight made more than $200,000. While certainly appealing, Braddock was most interested in winning. Fortunately for him, defending champion Max Baer thought of him as an easily beatable opponent. Even the odds suggest...

  2. Cinderella Man: Directed by Ron Howard. With Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko. The true story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer, who returned to the spotlight to win the heavyweight championship of the world.

    • (200K)
    • Biography, Drama, Romance
    • Ron Howard
    • 2005-06-03
  3. James Walter Braddock (June 7, 1905 – November 29, 1974) was an American [2] [3] boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937. [4]Fighting under the name James J. Braddock (ostensibly to follow the pattern set by two prior world boxing champions, James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries), Braddock was known for his spoiling, counterpunching style, powerful right hand, and his ...

    No.
    Result
    Record
    Opponent
    88
    Win
    52–26–7 (3)
    87
    Loss
    51–26–7 (3)
    86
    Win
    51–25–7 (3)
    85
    Win
    50–25–7 (3)
  4. Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 miles (16 km) upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River. The population was 1,721 as of the 2020 census , a 91.8% decline since its peak of 20,879 in 1920.

  5. Dec 6, 2022 · Ron Howard's 2005 crowd-pleaser "Cinderella Man" tells the true story of James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), an up-and-coming boxer in the 1920s whose career hits a series of setbacks; by the mid ...

  6. James J. Braddock - The Man. James J. Braddock was born on June 7th, 1905, to Irish immigrant parents Joseph Braddock and Elizabeth O'Toole Braddock in a tiny apartment on West 48th Street in New York City. The Braddock family was growing and with five boys and two girls, Joseph and Elizabeth relocated across the Hudson River to the peaceful ...