Set in New York in the Depression, this is the story of Jim Braddock, who takes up boxing to make money to feed his family, and eventually goes up against champ Max Baer, notorious for having killed two men in the ring.
As a novelization of the movie by the same name this story is set in New York during the Depression. It is the moving true story of James Braddock, who rose from a poor local fighter to the king of the boxing ring.
