Written By
MARC CERASINI
Based on the Motion Picture Screenplay By
CLIFF HOLLINGSWORTH and AKIVA GOLDSMAN
Motion Picture Story By
CLIFF HOLLINGSWORTH
Level 4
R e t o l d by Paul Shipton
Series Editors: A n d y Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
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Introduction
V
Chapter 1
A Lucky Man
1
Chapter 2
Hard Times
7
Chapter 3
An Embarrassment
12
Chapter 4
A New Life
16
Chapter 5
Broken Promises
20
Chapter 6
One Fight Only
27
Chapter 7
Back in the Ring
31
Chapter 8
A Second Chance
36
Chapter 9
Not the Same Guy
41
Chapter 10
Night in the Park
46
Chapter 11
Face to Face with the Champion
49
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Chapter 12
The Big Day
54
Acknowledgement
Chapter 13
The Hopes of the Crowd
60
Photograph page: viii © ® Estate of James J. Braddock
Chapter 14
The Luckiest Man
65
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