Thursday, February 24, 2011

Cinderella Man outline

James J. Braddock

This man was not your ordinary boxer rather a box that used his talent to save his family .

Bio
James J. Braddock was born in New york City , became a professional boxer in 1926. While boxing was going on The Great Depression was taking place and he was unavailable to put food on the table for his family . he faced many struggles in life including poverty . But that didn't stop him from ending his boxing career rather it became his biggest motive . He forced him self to continue on and to fight to support his family and in the end put his life at risk and beats the undefeated Max Baer.

Cinderella man

Part I:

-James breaks his wrist
-his wife and 3 kids are introduced. ( one girl and two boys)

Part II:
- The Great Depression comes in and plays a major role in Braddock's family life
- His Family looses everything
-Electric and heat gets turned off
- Not enough food for the family and no income coming in

Part III.
- James runs into luck and His manager Joe gets him a fight at Madison Square Garden
- He continues to win his fights but his wife worries he will get hurt again.

Part IV.
- James has to now fight the most dangerous boxer of all Jimmy " The under dog"
who has killed several people while boxing
- then in Jun 13, 1935 Braddock defeats Jimmy and becomes Heavy Weight Champion of The World .

http://www.jamesjbraddock.com/
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/braddoc.html
http://www.fandango.com/cinderellaman_v290416/summary

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