Did Dempsey ever meet Joe Frazier?

This was the photo I meant

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Seems Joe Louis is catching up to Jack Dempsey in age.

 

Original caption: Joe Louis, Joe Frazier (C) and Jack Dempsey (R) get together for old time's sake at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel 10/19 in honor of the Madison Square Garden Centennial celebrations. Scores of sports celebrities showed up to pay tribute to Madison Square Garden's success over the years.
Image: © Bettmann/CORBIS
Collection: Bettmann
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Date Photographed: October 19, 1979


If the info is correct,Joe was 65 here and Jack 84.

 

Imagine the combined power of those 3 bad boys

 

I think he overtook him in the end.

 

Excellent Pics, Thank you for posting them. I would like to believe that Dempsey Had an appreciation for Smokin Joes style.

 

****, look at Carpentier, hasn't changed a bit in terms of facial structure. Recognise him straight away.

 

Looks like Joe's reading his palm.

 

Never saw this one, great picture.

 

Anyoe have any news articles from when Depmsey ko'd muggers? It was around time pics posted were taken.

As to origional question, I think Dempsey never said anything too controversial about anyone, most old timers were like that.

 

Great photo. This tells me about Frazier's height. Tunney at the far right of the picture was 6'1". Older people tend to shrink an inch or so in their senior days. Fraizer is on the far left, and he's about 3" shorter than Tunney, which means Frazier listed height of 5'11 1/2" is likely exaggerated by 2-3""

 

The angle of the photo gives a disproportionate look . However, Frazier is about a shade under 5' 11" ...

 

Indeed.

 

Dempsey did keep better care of his body in retirement than Louis though.

If you did not know the age gap between Louis and Dempsey, you would think they were only a few years off lol.

I think it was the drugs and the booze that age Louis.