Last time I watched the fight Dempsey knocked Firpo down 10 times and stopped him in the second, or am I thinking of a different fight?
My mistake, I was thinking of the Firpo that punched him out of the ring for 14 seconds in a championship fight.
I think that outside of Foreman, Dempsey fought a caliber of punchers similar to those Frazier fought.
He still took alot of punishment in the FOTC, though. He had good defense, but I don't think that's what beat Ali.
He also made Ali miss a lot in the FOTC. Anyway, I was just saying that in addition to a solid chin and a left hook he had good defense.
Yes, but I a prime Jack Dempsey was significantly better than a past prime Joe Frazier. Also, David Tua isn't George Foreman.
Tua also went into a shell after Chris Bryd hit him a few times. I think Demspey wins a decsion here.
BIG DEE HERE= Early rd KO for Dempsey as he`s way to fast and hits way to hard for the slow and slower thinking Tua. Dempsey threw the 1st fight with Flynn over money that the fight promoter promised and then reneged on right before the fight. When I say right before I mean as he getting ready to go in the damn thing to fight Flynn. Dempesy was walking out to the ring when the ******* say`s he getting 1/3 on what was promised to him on the contract because of the crowd. Dempsey said to him this is going to be the shortest fight you ever saw. It was as Dempsey took the first punch Flynn threw to the jaw and folded like a house of cards. The crowd tore the place up over the fight which isn`t on the newspaper stories. Damage to the arena went into the thousands of dollars. QUITE A TIDY SUM AT THE TIME. DEMPSEY GOT THE PROMOTER THAT SCREWED HIM AND THEN A YEAR LATER PROVED IT BY ALMOST KILLING FLYNN IN THE 1ST RD KNOCKING HIM OUT FOR ALMOST TEN MINUTES. I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH SAY`S IT ALL.
