Fitzsimmons vs NP Dempsey

70sFan865 · Jul 21, 2019

BitPlayerVesti said: ↑

The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, Louisiana) 15 Jan 1891, Thu Page 6
James J. Corbett, the heavy-weight, immediately after the fight repaired to the St. Charles Hotel, where he was seen by a reporter of The Times-Democrat, and when asked: "I authorized my back two hours before the fight to bet £2000 even on Fitzsimmons, he to take half and I take half. Since I saw Fitzsimmons fight McCarthy I placed him as the greatest middleweight of the world. He is strong, long in the reach, clever, in fact very clever, and his wind is first class. Dempsey was overmatched, and if the truth was known he could not have weighd over 142 or 143 pounds. Fitzsimmons is a clever fighter in his class, they don't make them any better, and to-night he could have won without a handler. He has every requirement that goes to make a fighter, and above all is a gentleman in the ring. I am sorry to see Dempsey licked, but he died game. Fitzsimmons was very considerate and could have put him out in the fifth round. It seemed to me as if he wanted to give the people a show for their money, and no one can deny that he is a general and a gentleman in the ring and at the same time a clever fighter."
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Nice to see Corbett saying nice things about Fitz.

BitPlayerVesti · Jul 21, 2019

70sFan865 said: ↑

Nice to see Corbett saying nice things about Fitz.
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They seem to have been on good terms at this stage.

Of course it was years before Fitz had any intention of fighting Corbett.

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