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Braddock, James J.

Braddock, James J.

▪ American boxer
original name  James Walter Braddock 
born December 6, 1905, New York, New York, U.S.
died November 29, 1974, North Bergen, New Jersey

      American world heavyweight boxing champion from June 13, 1935, when he outpointed Max Baer (Baer, Max) in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City, until June 22, 1937, when he was knocked out by Joe Louis (Louis, Joe) in Chicago.

      Braddock's professional name was changed by his manager to James J. early in his career, patterning the name after fighters James J. Corbett (Corbett, James J.) and James J. Jeffries (Jeffries, James Jackson). A professional fighter from 1926, Braddock lost to the light-heavyweight champion Tommy Loughran in a 15-round title bout in New York City in 1929; his career spiraled downward from that point. Living on relief and seemingly at the end of his pugilistic career, Braddock returned to the ring in 1934 and earned a chance at the heavyweight championship with several unexpected victories; the odds against him in the Baer match, for example, were said to have been about 10 to 1. Because of Braddock's quick second rise from obscurity to fame, Damon Runyon (Runyon, Damon) nicknamed him the “Cinderella Man.”

      Defending his title against Louis, Braddock was the underdog but held his own surprisingly well against the younger fighter until his eighth round knockout. Braddock's contract with Louis, however, called for that fighter to pay 10 percent of any future title purses won should he defeat Braddock, which ensured Braddock financial security no matter who won the bout. Braddock won his final fight, against Tommy Farr, in 1938 and retired. His career total was 86 bouts with 51 wins (26 by knockouts), and he was inducted into Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1964.

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