Career
He also managed Lightweight contender Ray Miller from 1930–1933. Gould met then 20-year-old amateur boxer James Braddock at Joe Jeanette’s gym in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1925. With Gould as his manager, Braddock turned pro in 1926 and went 14-0-2 before losing his first fight.
By 1933, unable to support his family as a boxer, Braddock worked as a longshoreman and went on public assistance.
The promoters needed an opponent for up and coming John “Corn” Griffin on the undercard. On June 27, 1937, Braddock lost the title to Heavyweight contender Joe Louis.
Seven months later, in the final fight of his career, he defeated Tommy Farr in Madison Square Garden. Gould enlisted in the United States. Army in 1942, and became a First Lieutenant.
He was dismissed from the Army and sentenced to three years hard labor after a court-martial in 1944 for conspiracy to accept bribes.
Gould died from leukemia on April 21, 1950.