An article posted on CBZ by that excellent poster, and author Clay Moyle. Jack Dempsey's take on the Wills affair and his thoughts on black fighters in general. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/cbzf...bony-magazine-article-written-by-Jack-Dempsey
that was smart promoting for louis-schmelly 2. Beating the evil Nazis was a massive agenda for the Americans (although they might well have lynched Louis if he wasnt famous and subservient, funny huh).
No surprise there and I truly believe in Dempsey.... But definitely a win against Wills would be huge for Dempsey´s resume.....
Baloney and malarkey...Conditions were different during the 1930s than in Dempseys era.... Lynch Louis if he wasn't "famous" ? What the hell do you know about Joe Louis and his times Ren ? Yes there was bigotry then but because of Joe Louis's great skills and demeanor, he became respected and LOVED by NORTH AND SOUTH. Read your history, though it might not correspond to your left-wing agenda...I hate true bigotry in all of it's cruel forms, but i despise people trying to distort the truth...If subservient means to be a gentleman, modest, humble, and beloved, give me more Joe Louis's .... This forum is getting to reflect misguided social issues, more and more, and less about boxing history...It's time for me to reflect and wonder if I can tilt with windmills running only in one direction. LEFT...
Everything Dempsey states in the Ebony magazine article of 1963 squares with the best evidence of the time as to why the Wills fight never happened. People who suggest Dempsey was actually prejudiced himself or "scared of blacks" don't have much of a case. There's simply too much testimony out there that Dempsey was a 'man of the people' and had friends of all walks of life and races. I have yet to see anything credible to the contrary.
It is a grave insult to the great Joe Louis to call him "subservient". If you manage to become one-tenth of the man Joe Louis was, you done alright in life. :deal
