"Herculean" Press agent language. His big KO was over a 42 year old, obviously a little soft about the middle, and frequently laid off, Willard,...
I think an interesting question is did Maxine Cates know about Auerbach? It is certainly possible she didn't. I can see how Dempsey might have...
And had a source to get it if he needed it.
I think it fair, as it is frequently brought up with Louis and Marciaano, and others, to ask how proven was Dempsey's jaw? How unlikely actually...
There isn't much to add to what klompton2 has posted except the New York Times on July 7, 1919 reported that new champ Dempsey paid off a debt of...
A quote doesn't mean a thing unless we are told where the quote came from and so can judge how reliable it might be or might not be.
About as strange as the second Louis-Schmeling fight. The first one must have been a fix, right.
The Toledo Jack Dempsey is replaced by the Max Baer of the Schmeling fight. How does Max do? Will he beat Willard? How long does this one go?
"Dempsey's on his knee. That's still there in the film." Yes. I managed to pause it also. He is definitely on one knee. The film does jump...
That is what I am talking about. In 1945, The Ring described the moment thus, "It appeared he was ready to sink to the floor, but he saved...
Why choose a Corbett Tunney reenactment over the actual film?
It also looks to me that Dempsey drops to one knee for a moment.
on that first knockdown the film is the same as this description in the New York Times on Sept 15, 1923-- "the champion, half-slipping,...
Both the film and the ringside report have Dempsey going down to one knee, but bouncing up quickly. What exactly is the issue?
"Was Firpo in the farthest neutral corner when Dempsey got back in the ring?" No. But he was at least in the middle of the ring. He did step...
