Did Max Baer Throw the Championship Fight against JJ Braddock?

[Joe]

I'm starting to wonder.

He's portrayed as this malevolent character in the movie The Cinderella Man.



But if watch the actual fight, it almost seems he wasn't trying that hard and may have actually let him win cuz he knew the guy had a family to raise and was having a hard time given that it was the height of the Great Depression. Baer even hugs the guy at the end of the fight.



I think Baer wasn't as bad as he was made out to be & pulled more than a few punches in that fight so he wouldn't hurt the guy.

Maybe he was trying to give Braddock a break in life cuz he needed to win that fight more than him.

any thoughts?

 

[Admin.]

He will always be forever young and goofy Jethro, in my heart.

 

[Joe]

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[Gabbo]

Primo Carnera was better.

 

[The Prowler]

I think

I thought I smelled something burning.