The Big Fight Era

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2007)

Heard my grandfather talk about Jim Braddock and what a real down to earth man he was living in New Jersey and this film is truly a great tribute to a down on his luck prize fighter who had a second chance and even fought with the great Joe Lewis. Jim Braddock was played by Russell Crowe and he did one of the best performance I have ever seen, along with the great acting performed by Renee Zellweger as his wife Mae Braddock. There were many great boxers during those years, Willie Peppe, Jack Dempsey, John L. Sullivan, Joe Lewis and the list goes on, but Jim Braddock was truly a great person in real life and a true Champion of the Boxing Profession. Fantastic film to ENJOY