In 2005 boxing legend James J. “Jimmy” Braddock once again punched his way into American hearts. Dramatized in Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man,” the film, starring Russell Crowe, tells of Braddock’s rise ...
Boxing's true Cinderella story: James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses and a broken right hand happened to ...
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 ...
There was no reason to expect much from Cinderella Man, Ron Howard’s biography of boxer James Braddock, who in the summer of 1935 became the most unlikely heavyweight champion in the history of boxing ...
Max Baer is arguably best known today for siring Max Baer Jr., the actor who played Jethro Bodine on the classic TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). However, old-timers, followers of the sweet ...
As the film “The Featherweight,” about the life of boxing great Willie Pep, enters wide release, this week a different BoxingScene contributor will reflect on a boxing biopic that resonates with them.