1.James Braddock was on top of the world. Had a great boxing carrer and plenty of money
2.When the Great Depression hit he lost everything (http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm)
3.James began working in the docks just so he could bring home some money(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/great_depression_1930s/index.html
4.After begging his old trainer to get him another fight against John Griffin, he was able to rise back up from retirement
5.After that it was fight after fight that James won until it was time for the chamionships
6.James fought Max Bear and to everyones surprise won the championshim becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World (http://www.slate.com/id/2120151/)
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