{"id":1978,"date":"2016-04-13T13:46:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T06:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphapro.com\/funhouse\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2025-01-18T10:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:59:39","slug":"max-baer-cinderella-man-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alphapro.com\/funhouse\/2016\/04\/13\/max-baer-cinderella-man-villain\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Baer Cinderella Man Villain was a fun- loving clown."},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Baer<\/a> Cinderella Man villain was<\/em> totally the opposite of Steve Bierko’s\u00a0 portrayal of Baer as a villainous man killer.\u00a0 The following videos show some of Max Baers fights, plus a few that show the enormous appeal of the man.<\/p>\n

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In real life Max Baer was a handsome showoff, who loved to make people laugh. His clownish behavior no doubt caused him to fall short of the boxer he might have been. When he died, his last words were, “Oh God, here I go.” Over 1500 people attended his funeral. Among his pall bearers were Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At heart Max Baer was a handsome fun oving comedian with the charisma of a movie star.<\/h3>\n

Which is exactly what he became out of the ring, performing in nearly 20 movies. \u00a0 There are over a dozen videos of Max Baer here. Some of you might ask, “Why would I put so many boxing videos out there, especially of Max Baer?<\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s because I was once a boxer myself.<\/h3>\n

I never went even to the Golden Gloves, but I fought enough both in and out of the ring to feel the exhilaration of victory and accomplishment. \u00a0Perhaps it’s because all my life I’ve viewed boxing as the greatest sport ever. \u00a0 Which it is.<\/p>\n

There’s nothing else quite like it. \u00a0It pits not only one man against another, but the fighter against himself. \u00a0The fighter must be able to overcome fatigue that courses throughout his entire body. \u00a0 He must be in complete control of his mind at all times, especially when his mind keeps telling him to quit. \u00a0The prize fighter must\u00a0train his body relentlessly so that he is totally fit. \u00a0He must be willing to endure both fear and pain. \u00a0And he must be able to fight all out for ten and sometimes even fifteen rounds. \u00a0He has to be both strong and fast.<\/p>\n

In the videos to come, you will see what happens to very large men<\/h3>\n

who are not gifted with speed or skill in the videos to come starting with \u00a0the one on this page where Max Baer destroys Primo Carnera for the heavyweight championship. \u00a0Later you will see what happened to the six foot seven 245-pound Jess Willard when he lost the world championship to a hungry 187-pound Jack Dempsey<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0You will also see the fight in which Billy\u00a0<\/a>Conn, a<\/span>\u00a0slender Light Heavyweight at 175 pounds nearly defeated the 200-pound Joe Louis<\/a>, one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. \u00a0It is my intention on this site\u00a0not only to put together in one place a large assortment of some of the memorable fights ever. \u00a0But to provide a sense of the great champions themselves both in and out of the ring. \u00a0It is nothing less than to bring these great boxers\u00a0back to life here in the Fun House.<\/p>\n

This first video is of Max Baer, a man who could have become the most memorable fighter ever, if only he had taken his fighting more seriously.<\/h3>\n

Covered here is the real story behind Killer Baer, the man who was vilified in the movie, “Cinderella Man”. \u00a0 In the movie, Baer is portrayed as a heartless fighter who’s killed two men in the ring. \u00a0As you will see in the video, Baer, actually did inflict enough punishment on his opponent to lead to the man’s death the following day. \u00a0The difference is the real Max Baer was haunted by the accidental killing which likely cost him the single minded drive to destroy his opponents most true champions possess.<\/p>\n