Check Out This Awesome Dempsey/Willard Photo

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  1. JimmyShimmy

    JimmyShimmy 1050 psi Full Member

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    I think the actual film has a tendency to make Jack look a little scrawny and you can't absorb the intensity of it.

    Secondly, Willard looks a little soft, but check this photo!

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    As you can see Dempsey is pretty darn ripped, and Willard looks to carry his weight really well, a strong man. Shame the rope obscures Dempsey's eyes.

    Overall I would like to say that I think the Willard win is pretty underrated.

    Looking at Willard there I realise that it must have taken some real effort to do away with him. It's not a simple case of every other great punching heavyweight would wax him - what Dempsey did that day was nothing short of special!
     
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  2. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    That's a cracking photo Jimmy
     
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  3. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great photo, i agree the willard win is very under rated! demsey was a all time great he is a top 3 all time heavyweight for me, also i rank him number 3 behind stanley ketchel and joe louis as the hardest ever puncher
     
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  4. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Fantastic photo.
     
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  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Some people are suggesting that a lot of great heavyweights would have gone through Willard just as easily as Dempsey did.

    Or that they could have gone through Fred Fulton in 23 seconds.

    I personaly think that they are living in cloud cuckoo land.

    Let sombody from any other era do something similar against a Joe Bugner or Tony Tucker type fighter then I will agree with them.
     
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  6. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is Willard actually smiling? :shock:

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  8. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    I love this one. You don't have to know anything about this fight to figure out what's about to happen.
     
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  9. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    Well, Bruce Seldon, Herbie Hide and John Ruiz all stopped Tucker when he was as old as Willard when the man fought Dempsey. And Tucker's durability was way more proven than Willard's.


    Great photo though, love it.
     
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  10. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ferocious.

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    Pictures of a young Jess Willard?

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    Fighting Jack Johnson:

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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    That could be an effect of missing teeth or his fractured jaw.

    Willard, though not in love with the sport, was one tough mother and something of a specimen.
     
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  12. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This is an awesome thread. Love pic's of the old timers, especially Dempsey.
     
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  13. kraLL

    kraLL Member Full Member

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    Great pics:good
     
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  14. McGrain

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    That IS a cool picture.

    I like that his eyes are obscured.
     
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  15. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great pictures! Thanks! :good
     
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