:50:00
Go ahead, I'm not kidding,
write this down.
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"The walk from the locker room
to the ring...
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was the only time tonight
old Jim Braddock... "
:50:09
Looking good, Jimmy!
:50:11
"... was seen on his feet. "
You got that?
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Before tonight's championship
battle, we'll bring you...
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a special bout featuring Charlie Harvey's
soldier boy...
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Corn Griffin.
:50:19
Griffin is the fella
that ran rings...
:50:21
around the champion Carnera
in training.
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And who's his opponent?
:50:25
Looks like they dug old Jim Braddock
out of retirement...
:50:28
at least for one more fight.
:50:29
Hey, Mike! Griffin is up
in the ring now.
:50:31
Braddock? Isn't that your buddy?
Look at the size of him!
:50:34
In this corner...
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the sensational
heavyweight slugger...
:50:41
from Fort Benning, Georgia...
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who is punching a path
to the top of the division.
:50:47
John "Corn" Griffin!
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His opponent:
The popular battler...
:50:57
who has never been KO'ed in more than
80 professional bouts...
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Quincy, beer. We got a fight!
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... the power-punching
veteran...
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from North Bergen,
New Jersey...
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James J. Braddock!
:51:35
The skinny from
the reporters at ringside...
:51:37
is that Braddock
won't last two rounds.
:51:39
Griffin is a five-to-one
favorite to do just that.
:51:41
But Joe Gould claims
Braddock's right hand is fine.
:51:44
Jimmy will need
two good hands tonight.
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Griffin storms out
of his corner!
:51:53
Things are uptempo right away.
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Come on, Braddock,
make a fight of it!