Unforgiven: "I thought it was Maxine Cates, his wife, who brought the story to public light, and in an effort to make Dempsey look bad." Thats...
That's about the best description Ive ever heard of Sugar. However, one of the funniest stories Ive ever heard told is of Sugar which made me...
Fixed it for you.
Yeah... right... the 1917 Utah mafia. Lol. Why would anyone fix a fight between a relative unknown who had just had, by his own admission, an...
Did this guy just compare Johnson to Qawi?
Shinji Takehara beat Castro in his prime by a clear decision. Takehara was garbage, little better than an amateur. It didnt take an all time great...
John Ochs is my #1. Context is everything when trying to gain a proper historical perspective and beyond an unbelievable knowledge of the history...
Bert Sugar wasnt a historian he was a promoter. A promoter who promoted himself. He had his schtick and he told a good story but a LOT of what he...
By the 1920s handfranking wasnt an issue because motion picture cameras were fitted with a cam that allowed gor a uniform speed regardless of how...
I think the fact that Rickard copped to having the film edited is key here. Had he not volunteered that info Id say it was wear and tear in most...
It looks like a knockdown to me. Firpo lands a right and Dempsey goes to his knees.
The alternate version i have is not unedited. Just that crucial spot where Dempsey goes out of the ring and climbs back in. Thats complete and...
We didnt get to see if the ref was partial because Dempsey arose immediately. The ref counted and continued to count over Tunney until he noticed...
The US Air Corps, which eventually became the Air Force.
Rickard admitted having the film edited. He did so in a statement to the press given September 17, 1923 and published the following day. His...
