An additional Dempsey Title Defence

Boilermaker · Oct 17, 2011

Unforgiven said: ↑

I don't think many people would have recognized Darcy as champion if he had 'pulled an upset'.
The world's boxing press were almost certainly not present, and the 'bout' had received no significant publicity.
If Darcy had somehow won, it would have been clouded in mystery, purposefully obscured and disputed by Dempsey's people, and would have served only as a really good excuse to build up a real championship bonanza with Darcy as Dempsey's challenger.
The commission would have backed down, and been satisfied with another match to settle things. At most they would have called the title vacant.
Public opinion would have viewed Dempsey as champion, albeit one with something to prove, a mysterious blot to erase.

........ I think.
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You could be right about this. Fred Fulton beat Jess Willard in a 4 round fight, knocking him down in one of the rounds, (i read this a day or two ago). But i have never really heard it discussed anywhere. Same type of fight here.

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