Jack Dempsey and The Color Line...

Dempsey fought within the rules of that time vs Firpo. None of the body blows were low in that bout either.

Again for Krapton's low intellect let's do this slowly......

With any live event being watched by thousands of people many will think they saw one thing or another.

Sharkey was the favorite by most all sportswriters going into the fight. Claiming Dempsey fouled was a great way for them to still claim they were right. This is well written about after the bout.

The clearest viewpoint is watching a clear bright video of the bout on YouTube. None of the three body blows were low. If you watch that bout and still say those punches were low you are lying. Low blow is defined as punches below the beltline. The beltline is defined as an imaginary line that connects the hip bones.

 

The punches were NOT low. Instead of citing testimony that was divided (as one would expect it to be) watch the KO sequence yourself. I've watched it countless times since 1972. My conclusion then as it is now is that none of those three body blows were low.

 

Dempsey does not dip his shoulder or arm. He fires three consecutive blows thrown in the same manner into Sharkeys gut. To land a blow to the ***** a fighter would need to dip shoulder and arm. You do not see this in the film of the bout.

 

It's three short inside uppercuts thrown the exact same way.

 

It's as clear as the nose on your face. Watch in both slow and regular motion. Three short right uppercuts thrown in quick succession at the same point on Sharkeys stomach. One after another without hesitation. None were low.

 

Who do people think was the best available challenger for Larry Holmes’s title, and did he actually fight him?

On paper it was probably Mike Weaver, but the other candidates would be Michael Dokes, Gerrie Coetzee, and Pinklon Thomas.

 

Punches were not low. Just because one of three successive blows can't be seen landing does not mean one cannot determine whether it landed low. This can be readily seen in that Dempsey never dips his shoulder or arm to bring the last punch lower. It's three consecutive, very quick right uppercuts to the body. No one got hit in the *****. No one got hit in the groin.

 

How about the contrary opinion of another
who says that anyone stating , Dempsey ko'd Sharkey with a left hook to the jaw is," a deluded Dempsey fan boy with his head up Dempsey's a*se?"

Is that a reasonable stance IYO?


Just curious:think