Braddocks share of the purse that night was $320,000. "He didn't take Braddock seriously, he didn't train, and he got a b.j . He told her that since they did not pay the electric bill, he was turning off the electricity. After his retirement, Jim and manager Joe Gould enlisted into the U.S. Army in 1942 where they became 1st Lieutenants. In 1959, Max Baer died of a heart attack at the age of 50. The incident portrayed by this film occurred in 1935. She was 69 years at the time of her death. document.write('