Lou Savarese movie "We Own the Night". He also played a lead role in ESPN’s documentary "Cinderella Man: The James J. Braddock Story", for which he received excellent reviews for his portrayal of boxer Max Baer. Other recent works include the independent film "Nicky’s Game", "A Matter of Honor (film)|A Matter of Honor", and "Knock, Knock", a horror film in which he plays Rico, the villain. Lou Savarese Lou Savarese (born July 14, 1965) is an American former professional boxer from Greenwood Lake, New York. He challenged once for the WBU/"Lineal" Heavyweight title in 1997. Savarese won two New York Golden Gloves
James J. Braddock also concern that if Schmeling won, the Nazi government would deny American fighters opportunities to fight for the title. Finally, American commentators had expressed opposition to the fight in light of the connections between Schmeling and Adolf Hitler, with whom the German fighter had been associated after his earlier victory over Louis. Braddock married Mae Fox in 1930 and the couple had three children, James (Jay), Howard and Rosemarie. Braddock enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and became a first lieutenant. He served in the Pacific theater on the island of Saipan, where he trained enlisted men in hand-to-hand