Mike Cantwell, Baer's former trainer, helped train Braddock for the fight. ... The Associated Press scored the bout 7-7-1 in rounds, "but Braddock's margin was more pronounced in the rounds he won." Twelve photos of the bout were published in the August 1935 issue of The Ring Magazine on pages five, six and seven.

How did Braddock win against Baer?

It was 86 years ago today – June 13, 1935 – that James J. Braddock won a 15-round decision against heavily-favored and defending champion Max Baer to capture the heavyweight boxing title.

How much money did Jim Braddock win from the Baer fight?

The far better conditioned Braddock put on a masterful boxing display that night and won. He would lose the championship two years later, on June 22, 1937, when Joe Louis knocked him out in Chicago. Braddock's share of the purse that night was $320,000.