James J. Braddock nose he broke during the bout on March 22, 1935, Braddock was given a title fight against the World Heavyweight Champion, Max Baer. Baer hardly trained for the bout, but Braddock did. "I'm training for a fight. Not a boxing contest or a clownin' contest or a dance", he said. "Whether it goes 1 round or 3 rounds or 10 rounds, it will be a fight and a fight all the way... When you've been through what I've had to face in the last two years, a Max Baer or a Bengal tiger looks like a house pet. He might
George Barnes (boxer) George Barnes (boxer) George Barnes (20 February 1927 — 23 August 2000 (aged 73)) born in Temora, New South Wales is an Australian professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who won the Queensland (Australia) State light welterweight title, Australian light welterweight title, Australian welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. lightweight to , i.e. light middleweight. He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004. George Barnes was the son of the boxer Eric Barnes (circa-1897 — 14 May 1978 (aged 81)) who won