Question about Dempsey

[Johnstown]

if you watch dempsey willard, you can see tate come into the ring.he was around 6"6. he was a real up and down fighter..looked great in some fights, looked like shit in others. mostly worked as a dempsey sparring partner. years later, (i think 50s or 60s, maybe even 70s?) he was very poor and had lost his home. Dempsey bought him a small farm and farm house.

[TheSouthpaw]

Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders

thanks

I will check this Bill Tate


are you DaveK's rival ?

[Colonel Sanders]

Originally Posted by Johnstown

if you watch dempsey willard, you can see tate come into the ring.he was around 6"6. he was a real up and down fighter..looked great in some fights, looked like shit in others. mostly worked as a dempsey sparring partner. years later, (i think 50s or 60s, maybe even 70s?) he was very poor and had lost his home. Dempsey bought him a small farm and farm house.

wow


it's always good to see an athletic big fighter like that from the earlier eras, there are so many people who think the past greats who were smaller like Dempsey wouldn't be able to compete with the modern big guys like Lewis and the Klits, and that's BS

there were already big guys, and most of them never managed to become champ, and when they did, they got knocked off their throne by smaller ones...

at the end of the day, Lewis got knocked out twice by 6'2 fighters, and Wlad once by a 6'1 fighter (Dempsey's height)

[TheSouthpaw]

Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders

wow


it's always good to see an athletic big fighter like that from the earlier eras, there are so many people who think the past greats who were smaller like Dempsey wouldn't be able to compete with the modern big guys like Lewis and the Klits, and that's BS

there were already big guys, and most of them never managed to become champ, and when they did, they got knocked off their throne by smaller ones...

at the end of the day, Lewis got knocked out twice by 6'2 fighters, and Wlad once by a 6'1 fighter (Dempsey's height)

I completely agree with you..Good examples are fighters like Michael Spinks ( who gave up 30 ils against Holmes )...And Dempsey Willard is a no brainer..GREAT THREAD THIS IS!!!!

[TheSouthpaw]

Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders

could be, but Godfrey looks a completely different fighter here

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but of course, different opponent, different approach

Still some good footage though..

[MadcapMaxie]

Fuck people already beat me too it. Big Bill Tate is he.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxHY3p9DiQ[/ame]

[TheSouthpaw]

Originally Posted by MadcapMaxie

Fuck people already beat me too it. Big Bill Tate is he.

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Some more great footage though!..

[Johnstown]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn74oeMTmC0[/ame]



[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oebhNQeFh9A&feature=related[/ame]

[Seamus]

Originally Posted by TheSouthpaw

Seamus!..How do you know that?

I've read about a dozen books on Dempsey, which probably a lot less than a lot guys on this board.

[Ricky42791]

Damn im too late to appear knowledgeable on classic...