Discover how boxing legends rose from poverty to fame, embodying the American Dream. These stories of grit and determination ...

Max Baer, Jr.’s parents were champion boxer Max Baer and Mary Ellen Sullivan. He was married to Joanne Kathleen Hill from 1966 to 1971. Baer’s first acting role was in a stage production of ...

Though the realistically staged boxing scenes in “Cinderella Man ... but was clarified by the fighter’s son, Max Baer Jr., better known to 1960s TV audiences as Jethro in “The Beverly ...

James J. Braddock, the Cinderella Man who scored one of the greatest heavyweight upsets in boxing history when he beat Max Baer in 1935 for the title, is now in the midst of his second great comeback.

The son of former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer, Max Baer Jr. is a classic (except probably to him) example of Hollywood typecasting. Known around the world as "Jethro Bodine" in the smash TV ...

Prior to winning the championship from Max Baer he was a washed up fighter who was always on the low side of the odds when he stepped into the ring, a boxer who'd lost one third of his fights.

Max Baer Jr. is an American Actor, writer, director and producer who is best known for playing Jethro Bodine on "The Beverly Hillbillies." His father was the heavyweight boxer Max Baer Sr.

James J. Braddock, the Cinderella Man who scored one of the greatest heavyweight upsets in boxing history when he beat Max Baer in 1935 for the title, is now in the midst of his second great comeback.