Fact1: Irish-American boxer from New Jersey is forced to give up boxing after breaking hand in ring, Fact2: Braddock does manual labor to support family even with injured hand, Fact3: Mae resents attempt by Gould to profit from husband 's dangerous livelihood, Fact4: Baer uses portion of prize money to pay back money to government given to him while unemployed, Fact5: fight 's promoter forces Braddock and Gould to watch film of Baer in action
Output: James J. Braddock is an IrishAmerican boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and a burden to his wife, Mae. She cannot bring herself to watch the violence of his chosen profession, yet she knows they will not have enough income without his boxing. As the United States enters the Great Depression, Braddock does manual labor as a longshoreman to support his family, even with his injured hand. Unfortunately, he cannot get work every day. Thanks to a lastminute cancellation by another boxer, Braddocks longtime manager and friend, Joe Gould, offers him a chance to fill in for just one night and earn cash. The fight is against the numbertwo contender in the world, Corn Griffin. Braddock stuns the boxing experts and fans with a thirdround knockout of his formidable opponent. He believes that while his right hand was broken, he became more proficient with his left hand, improving his inring ability. Despite Maes objections, Braddock takes up Goulds offer to return to the ring. Mae resents this attempt by Gould to profit from her husbands dangerous livelihood, until she discovers that Gould and his wife also have been devastated by hard times. With a shot at the heavyweight championship held by Max Baer a possibility, Braddock continues to win. Out of a sense of pride, he uses a portion of his prize money to pay back money to the government given to him while unemployed. When his rags to riches story gets out, the sportswriter Damon Runyon dubs him The Cinderella Man, and before long Braddock comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression. A title fight against Baer comes his way. Braddock is a 10to1 underdog. Mae is terrified because Baer, the champ, is a vicious man who reportedly has killed at least two men in the ring. He is so destructive that the fights promoter, James Johnston, forces both Braddock and Gould to watch a film of Baer in action, just so he can maintain later that he warned them what Braddock was up against. Braddock demonstrates no fear. The arrogant Baer attempts to intimidate him, even taunting Mae in public that her man might not survive. When he says this, she becomes so angry that she throws a drink at him. She is unable to attend the fight at the Madison Square Garden Bowl or even to listen to it on the radio. On June 13, 1935, in one of the greatest upsets in boxing history, Braddock defeats the seemingly invincible Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world. An epilogue reveals that Braddock would lose his title to Joe Louis and later worked on the building of the Verrazano Bridge, owning and operating heavy machinery on the docks where he worked during the Depression, and that he and Mae used his boxing income to buy a house, where they spent the rest of their lives.