Max Baer said one reason he lost to Jimmy Braddock was because he went into the fight with injured hands. True or False ?
A newspaper article dated May 16, 1935 stated Baer was “favoring his right hand” and “hesitates to bring it into action with his sparring mates.” On May 22, he was reported to be “nursing a bad cold” and “still favoring his right hand,” “throughout his sparring he used it only to the body and then with little force.” Max Baer boards a plane at Newark, NJ for Baltimore, MD to have the hand injured from the Braddock bout examined – June 23. 1935 Another article dated June 06, 1935, New York Boxing Commission Doctor William Walker “gave the champs hand’s a thorough examination because of persistent reports that bone bruises might prevent him from meeting Braddock. Maxie injured his hands in an exhibition bout with Eddie Simms at Cleveland, just before starting training. They have not responded properly to treatment. The knuckles of the left hand were bruised badly and the bones in the back of the right hand were contused. Dr. Walker admitted the possibility that Maxie’s hands may bother h
A newspaper article dated May 16, 1935 stated Baer was “favoring his right hand” and “hesitates to bring it into action with his sparring mates.” On May 22, he was reported to be “nursing a bad cold” and “still favoring his right hand,” “throughout his sparring he used it only to the body and then with little force.” Max Baer boards a plane at Newark, NJ for Baltimore, MD to have the hand injured from the Braddock bout examined – June 23. 1935 Another article dated June 06, 1935, New York Boxing Commission Doctor William Walker “gave the champs hand’s a thorough examination because of persistent reports that bone bruises might prevent him from meeting Braddock. Maxie injured his hands in an exhibition bout with Eddie Simms at Cleveland, just before starting training. They have not responded properly to treatment. The knuckles of the left hand were bruised badly and the bones in the back of the right hand were contused. Dr. Walker admitted the possibility that Maxie’s hands may bother h
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