![]() He was scheduled to take on Max Schmeling in his first defense but was canceled in 1936. “Baer was playing a dangerous game of chicken with himself how long would it be before he let his big guns go and rid himself of this stubborn challenger? The longer he waited and the more he clowned, the reality of his situation became more clear: Baer was frittering away the greatest prize in sports.” After fifteen rounds, it went to the scorecards, and the judges gave the bout to Braddock 9-5,11-4 and the one judge with 7-7-1 crowning him the new heavyweight champion. On the other hand, for Baer, it was written in a article: He threw in rights to the body, switched ring position continuously, landed stiff jabs, ignored Baer’s antics, and piled up points while controlling the fight. It seemed that Baer had hardly trained for the fight and did not Braddock seriously, which worked throughout the match be his downfall.īraddock was able to establish his fight plan with relative ease. When Braddock landed, Baer would drop his hands and sneer instead of trying to counter and attack. ![]() Then that’s when the bell rang, and Braddock decided to change plans.īraddock started early by landing solid jabs and bunches of power shots to Baer. This fight for Baer was just a stopgap for him on his way to a mega battle with global implications with Joe Louis. The handlers of Baer figured that despite Braddock compiling up victories against contender at the time John Charles “Com” Griffin and future heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis, labeled Braddock as a journeyman and with a record of 49-25-7, it would be hard not to see why. The reason why Baer was such a favorite was in capturing the title from Carnera he knocked him down 7 to 12 times in that contest before the referee stopped it. This bout was Baer’s first title defense of the belt since winning it from Primo Carnera in June of 1934. However, the man later named the “Cinderella Man” went into this fight originally as stepping stone for Baer. While the bout was the end of Braddock as a major boxing force, fighting only once after this fight, part of his contract with Louis was to gain a portion of Louis' earnings over the next decade.Newspaper Headline showing Braddock the day after upsetting Baerīraddock’s backstory and travels leading into the fight is something out of a Disney movie. This fight began an unprecedented reign by Louis that included a 12-year continuous run as champion where he defeated 25 challengers, both records that still stand. Louis was knocked down early in the fight, but ultimately prevailed by way of knockout in the eighth round. ![]() This was Braddock's first and only defense and occurred over two years after winning the title. Louis defeated Baer, paving the way for Louis to fight Braddock for the title (although between the Baer fight and this title fight, Louis lost to Max Schmeling). Baer was supposed to have a rematch, but the fight never occurred. The fight took place on June 22, 1937, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois.īraddock won the title by defeating Max Baer. Joe Louis was a heavyweight professional boxing fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world between champion James J. ![]()
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