I disagree with this general criticism of the 1927 referee. He had his hand up to start the count immediately on Tunney, but Dempsey was behind...
I agree. The evidence points to the film not being edited (at least at this critical point)
Did a DQ cancel wagers? Boy, DQ'ing a beaten Jeff just before the end would have really gone over well with the guys who bet on Johnson in that...
Well, about the two versions. It is interesting to me, and heavy evidence, that a NY Times writer had the same 5 second time span for Dempsey...
several reasons. Tex Rickard was not a professional referee. Probably Rickard (and I think Johnson) would not have wanted the fight to end on a...
On the other hand the version we see jives closely with the New York Times ringside report of that first knockdown.
In the New York Times Firpo raised what I would consider the biggest issue. He told the Times after the fight that the referee instructed the...
Mendoza "You'd figure the camera would be where the drama is." Was it possible to swing the camera about in that era? Or did they just film the...
"Why do we only see three counts by the ref, when there should be at least 7-8?" Off most later versions of this fight, yes. But here is the New...
Perry The implication of your argument is that Dempsey simply lacked the discipline to even reasonably look out for himself. That is different...
All right. Anything is possible, I suppose. But it is rather odd to toss away so much money you haven't anything left for food.
"financial conversion" That was Perry. Nice of him to figure out that Dempsey got loans from Auerbach in total about $90,000 in modern dollars.
My own take 1----this article does show that in Argentina there was controversy way back in 1923. 2----Lavelle doesn't impress me as all that...
