 After the films release many boxing analysts and even  Max Baer (qv)s son, Max Baer Jr. (qv) decried the movie for  its historical liberties taken with Max Baer. Specifically, that he  had killed two men in the ring (he did kill one and an opponent hed  KOd died a few weeks after their bout for reasons unrelated to the  fight) and that he took pride in that fact. Max Baer Jr. has said  that his father was always haunted by the memories of killing a man  in the ring and that it played a prominent part in Max Baers  eventual death from alcoholism.