In Real Life
On March 16, 1934, The Prizefighter and the Lady premiered at the Capitol Theater in Berlin. However, when permission was sought to show a German-dubbed version, Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels had the film banned in Germany because, as one of his underlings stated, "the chief character is a Jewish boxer" (Baer's grandfather was Jewish). Baer contended, however, that "They didn't ban the picture because I have Jewish blood. They banned it because I knocked out Max Schmeling" on June 8, 1933.
Baer defeated Carnera during their real-life June 14, 1934 fight after knocking him down a record 11 times. He was supposedly able to do this after watching Carnera's fighting style during the movie's filming.
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