3. James J. Braddock WU15 Max Baer. June 1935, New York.
“The Cinderella Man,” as Braddock became known, punched his way to a marvellous unanimous decision win, as well as a to a permanent place in boxing history. Only a short time prior to this, Braddock was seen as a completely finished fighter who had endured a number of severe hand injuries and who was forced to work on the docks to eek out a living. Braddock overcame the hell of The Great Depression and then scored a victory that had simply been unthinkable.
Fury says he fights for the money and fair enough, but can he possibly be as hungry a fighter in the Klitschko rematch as Braddock was for his greatest triumph?
