ID the picture - Page 4

Unforgiven · 01-18-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by he grant

The in shape Dempsey was ripped. Too many photos of him exist after his long break when he started to come back and was much thinner .... his muscle tone shrank ... the man who fought Willard , Miske, Carpentier was coiled steel ... he was basically a one inch shorter version of Holyfield as a cruiser ... lean, lanky, long armed, narrow hipped and ripped .. while I do debate his actual accomplishments there is no doubt the 1919-21 version was a lightning fast, murderous punching, legit badass ..

No doubt.
He was a savage, vicious, animal.
A killer.

lefthook31 · 01-18-2011, 03:12 PM

The picture definitely looks distorted. The thing that sticks out to me the most is the size of his fists.

Unforgiven · 01-18-2011, 04:00 PM

Dempsey was known to have big fists.
The picture might be distorted but it looks quite normal to me. I thought Dempsey had a bigger neck though, this might be him at his skinniest/leanest, drawn fine before a fight.

lefthook31 · 01-18-2011, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Unforgiven

Dempsey was known to have big fists.
The picture might be distorted but it looks quite normal to me. I thought Dempsey had a bigger neck though, this might be him at his skinniest/leanest, drawn fine before a fight.

Well they say guys with big knuckles can punch harder. Looks odd to me, but maybe it is in fact correct.

Jack Dempsey · 01-18-2011, 04:23 PM

I could have sworn I'd read somewhere that Dempseys hands were really small and that was quite a distinctive feature of him, gonna have to look that up now

Unforgiven · 01-18-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lefthook31

Well they say guys with big knuckles can punch harder. Looks odd to me, but maybe it is in fact correct.

He had big square knuckles too.

I suppose the double-biceps back pose is always gonna look a bit funny.

gentleman jim · 01-18-2011, 04:54 PM

Imagine Dempsey or Louis in today's HW picture....My God, they'd have a picnic!

burt bienstock · 01-18-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Unforgiven

Dempsey was known to have big fists.
The picture might be distorted but it looks quite normal to me. I thought Dempsey had a bigger neck though, this might be him at his skinniest/leanest, drawn fine before a fight.

U,Dempsey's fists were described as looking like "shovels", by his last biographer, who knew him in his last few years..He was a big man from the waist up...

RockysSplitNose · 01-18-2011, 06:48 PM

Here is a pic of an elderly Dempsey with Muhammad Ali - even as a frail old man, Demps looks, upper body wise, actually bigger than Ali??

the two were presented with an award by the Association for the Help Of Retarded Children - two big men with big hearts too

Bummy Davis · 01-18-2011, 07:02 PM

looks like Dempsey or some ancient beast of years far gone Heavyweights have a lot of blubber attached to that right now and they way Dempsey got those muscles was from hanging on to train bottoms

reznick · 01-19-2011, 01:39 AM

Dempsey aged very well and healthy. He made the right call about retiring when he did.

01-18-2011, 03:12 PM	#47
lefthook31 Undisputed Champion East Side VIP Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: in a boxing gym near you Posts: 10,498 vCash: 1000	Re: ID the picture The picture definitely looks distorted. The thing that sticks out to me the most is the size of his fists.
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01-18-2011, 04:00 PM	#48
Unforgiven Undisputed Champion East Side VIP Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 13,141 vCash: 1000	Re: ID the picture Dempsey was known to have big fists. The picture might be distorted but it looks quite normal to me. I thought Dempsey had a bigger neck though, this might be him at his skinniest/leanest, drawn fine before a fight.
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Jack Dempsey Legend East Side VIP Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The sooner the safer Posts: 12,607 vCash: 1000	Re: ID the picture I could have sworn I'd read somewhere that Dempseys hands were really small and that was quite a distinctive feature of him, gonna have to look that up now
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01-18-2011, 04:54 PM	#52
gentleman jim gentleman jim ESB Full Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 490 vCash: 500	Re: ID the picture Imagine Dempsey or Louis in today's HW picture....My God, they'd have a picnic!
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01-18-2011, 06:48 PM	#54
RockysSplitNose Belt holder ESB Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East Midlands in England Posts: 3,818 vCash: 1000	Re: ID the picture Here is a pic of an elderly Dempsey with Muhammad Ali - even as a frail old man, Demps looks, upper body wise, actually bigger than Ali?? the two were presented with an award by the Association for the Help Of Retarded Children - two big men with big hearts too
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01-18-2011, 07:02 PM	#55
Bummy Davis Champion East Side Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Posts: 8,174 vCash: 1000	Re: ID the picture looks like Dempsey or some ancient beast of years far gone Heavyweights have a lot of blubber attached to that right now and they way Dempsey got those muscles was from hanging on to train bottoms
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01-19-2011, 01:39 AM	#56
reznick Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,284 vCash: 500	Re: ID the picture Dempsey aged very well and healthy. He made the right call about retiring when he did.
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