How well does a 1935 James J. Braddock do against the following

Braddock versus

Max Schmeling
Jersey Joe Walcott
Archie Moore
Ezzard Charles
Rocky Marciano

 

His incredible heart might enable him to hang in there for a while with some of those guys but I wouldn’t favor him to beat any of them

 

He ain't beating any of those dudes.

 

Loses to all, I think Braddock may be the worst fighter to ever hold heavyweight gold.

 

I only give the best version of James J. Braddock a chance against Archie Moore. I believe he definitely loses to the rest of them. On his best day, I think Jimmy could win a decision over Archie.

 

I disagree I like his chances against Moore, Walcott and Charles they definitely lost to worse fighters than him. I do feel Schmeling and Marciano would outpoint him or KO him late. He was a very game fighter.

 

A smart fighter with a good jab, good timing, good power and a great chin, and he was bigger than all the guys mentioned but not by much. He has the potential to make the distance against all of them. Only Marciano and Schmeling maybe knock him out, and that makes him especially annoying to deal with for the less powerful guys like Charles.
Considering he held a controversial decision over John Henry Lewis and Tommy Farr, it's not at all inconceivable he could get such decisions over Walcott, Moore or Charles.
Gives them all a tough fight.

 

I’ve never seen him as someone on the level of the fighters you’ve listed. His greatest achievement was beating Max Baer when Baer was more in a mood to goof off than anything, and also giving Joe Louis a decent fight. He also did beat JHR, but he wasn’t very formidable at heavyweight.

Still, nothing I see suggests he’d have much of a shot at actually beating Walcott, Moore or Charles.

 

Fair enough.
I don't think Moore, Charles and Walcott would have fared as well against a prime Louis as he did.

 

0-5

 

From the occasion, I also think like this. Archie Moore was the only one on the list who was not a heavyweight champion.
1:4

 

Watching extensive Looney Tunes cartoons has led me to believe that Braddock could beat any of them if a piano fell on his opponent during the ringwalk.

 

He loses to all of them.

 

I’d give him a decent chance to beat Moore & maybe Schmeling …I can’t even favour him there, though. The rest would all get him.