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Or is that James J. Braddock,
the Bulldog of Bergen?
:49:03
How you feeling, Jimmy?
How's that right hand?
:49:06
Braddock, you're up!
:49:13
Sporty Lewis, how you doing?
How you doing?
:49:17
July 18, 1929.
:49:22
New York Herald.
:49:25
"Proving he was too young
and too green...
:49:28
"and rushed to the top...
:49:31
"Loughran wiped the ring
with the Bulldog's career.
:49:34
"A sad and somber funeral...
:49:37
with the body
still breathing. "
:49:39
I don't fight the fights, Jimmy,
I just write about them, see?
:49:42
Sporty, save the crap
for the customers.
:49:56
Who's Jim Braddock?
:49:58
Go get your pencil out, kid.
I got your lead line for you.
:50:00
Go ahead, I'm not kidding,
write this down.
:50:03
"The walk from the locker room
to the ring...
:50:06
was the only time tonight
old Jim Braddock... "
:50:09
Looking good, Jimmy!
:50:11
"... was seen on his feet. "
You got that?
:50:13
Before tonight's championship
battle, we'll bring you...
:50:15
a special bout featuring Charlie Harvey's
soldier boy...
:50:18
Corn Griffin.
:50:19
Griffin is the fella
that ran rings...
:50:21
around the champion Carnera
in training.
:50:23
And who's his opponent?
:50:25
Looks like they dug old Jim Braddock
out of retirement...
:50:28
at least for one more fight.
:50:29
Hey, Mike! Griffin is up
in the ring now.
:50:31
Braddock? Isn't that your buddy?
Look at the size of him!
:50:34
In this corner...
:50:38
the sensational
heavyweight slugger...
:50:41
from Fort Benning, Georgia...
:50:44
who is punching a path
to the top of the division.
:50:47
John "Corn" Griffin!
:50:53
His opponent:
The popular battler...
:50:57
who has never been KO'ed in more than
80 professional bouts...