Synopsis

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City. The evening of June 8, 1933, witnessed Max Baer's victory over Max Schmeling, a knockout delivered in the tenth round of their fifteen-round championship bout. The gate receipts totaled $240,000, a figure representing an average ticket price of four dollars, given the attendance of sixty thousand spectators. An hour later, a Granite Armored Car, escorted by four armed guards, departed with the money. As the truck moved, Doreen Maney stepped into its pa