I respectfully disagree. [IMG] Considering that all he did to train (allegedly) was bagwork, sparring and fighting itself, I'd say he looks...
This, I think, is where it all began: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I would very much like it to be true - Johnson did...
I thought those might have been from his days as an actual blacksmith?
I think it's worth remembering that Dempsey fought John Lester Johnson under a manager who was totally abusing him, at a time when he was sleeping...
My father seems fairly certain of a story he heard about Bob Fitzsimmons setting up a mock smithy in his training camp, where he'd hammer out...
There was an interesting programme on a while back about Bill Richmond, perhaps the first great black boxer in history. I enjoyed it - I enjoy...
"You win this round..." "Palooka" (sort of).
Excellent stuff. Some of the exercises look a bit like occidental Tai Chi!
Dempsey hit harder, but (paradoxically) this made him less likely to get the instant knock-out than Louis. Dempsey's oponent's would be floored at...
James R. Fair's book on Greb (Give him to the Angels) claims the following: [Dempsey] and Greb were matched by' [sic] Charley Murray of Buffalo,...
Found this excellent video on another forum: the Orphan Film Symposium: a Pathex 9.5 mm fight picture (Scroll down about a third of the way for...
What manual? I've read that that's about right on the upper body/lowe body mismatch, though - supposedly he wore the big trunks to try and hide...
So it was - sorry!
What about the film of him sparring with Tunney in his later years?...
Willard is grossly underrated. He had a long, strong jab, man-killing power and a granite jaw. He had just as much stamina as Rocky - c.f. his...
