Dempsey-Godfrey sparring sessions

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Does anyone have any good sources on these sparring sessions and how they went?
     
    dmt, Aug 17, 2020
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  2. SolomonDeedes

    SolomonDeedes Active Member Full Member

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    There was a rumour that Godfrey knocked Dempsey out in sparring. But that rumour seems to have originated with the mayor of Shelby, who had every reason to try and convince the press that the Gibbons fight wasn't the foregone conclusion most people believed.

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    SolomonDeedes, Aug 18, 2020
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