Cinderella Man Boxing and the Great Depression Boxing

Cinderella Man Boxing and the Great Depression

Boxing, or Pugilism �Amateur and Professional �Gloves regulation since 1867 � 15 rounds of 3 minutes each, with one minute break in between. �If either man falls he has to get up without help before a count of ten seconds. �If the end of 15 rounds is reached, judges will decide which man has a higher score. ( Landing punches with the knuckle side of your hand, above the belt)

Boxing, or Pugilism �A boxer loses points for hitting below the belt, for elbowing, for holding on to the ropes, for hugging, tripping, pushing, spitting, or hitting the back, neck, back of head.

� Minimumweight (WBC/WBA/IBF) 7½ st 47, 627 kg 105 lbs � 7 st 10 lbs 48, 988 kg 108 lbs � � � � Mini Flyweight (WBO) Light Flyweight Junior Flyweight (WBO) Flyweight (All four) Super Flyweight Junior Bantamweight (WBO) Bantamweight 8 Super Bantamweight Junior Featherweight (WBO) Featherweight 9 Super Featherweight Junior Lightweight (WBO) Lightweight 9 st Super Lightweight Junior Welterweight (WBO) Welterweight 10½ Super Welterweight Junior Middleweight (WBO) Middleweight 11 Super Middleweight 12 Light Heavyweight Cruiserweight Junior Heavyweight (WBO)1 Heavyweight 8 st 50, 802 kg 112 lbs 8 st 3 lbs 52, 163 kg 115 lbs st 6 lbs 53, 525 kg 118 lbs 8 st 10 lbs 55, 225 kg 122 lbs st 57, 153 kg 126 lbs 9 st 4 lbs 58, 967 kg 130 lbs 9 lbs 61, 235 kg 135 lbs 10 st 63, 503 kg 140 lbs st 66, 678 kg 147 lbs. S 11 st 69, 85 kg 154 lbs st 6 lbs 72, 574 kg 160 lbs st 76, 203 kg 168 lbs 12½ st 79, 378 kg 175 lbs 4 st 4 lbs 90, 892 kg 200 lbs > 14 st 4 lbs> 90, 892 kg> 200 lbs

The Great Depression (1929 -39) � The deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. � In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. � Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. � By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its nadir, some 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the country’s banks had failed. � Though the relief and reform measures put into place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped lessen the worst effects of the Great Depression in the 1930 s, the economy would not fully turn around until after 1939, when World War II kicked American industry into high gear.

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Max Baer

Soup Kitchens A soup kitchen in Montreal, Canada in 1931. Members of the United States Navyserve the homeless at Dorothy's Soup Kitchen, Salinas, California in 2009.