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With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help feed his wife and children. The diminutive, loquacious Jew and the burly, quiet Irishman made one of boxing's oddest couples, but together they staged the greatest comeback in fighting history. In 12 months Braddock went from the relief rolls to face heavyweight champion Max Baer, the Livermore Butcher Boy, renowned for having allegedly killed two men in the ring.

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©2005 Jeremy Schaap (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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Great story

Cinderella Man was much more a boxing history than the movie and I thoroughly enjoyed both. I did find the author's narration to be a little tedious at times, but all in all it was an enjoyable book to hear.

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