Is there any truth to the legend that Dempsey was out of the ring for more than 20 se

*Firpo

Someone had to do it

 

Also Firpo was a Latin fighter it makes sense the South American version would be edited to make sure it looked like their fighter won.

Dempsey floored Firpo SEVEN times in the first round and TWICE in the second.

Despite this i'm sure the better fighter won

 

Even if it was edited, there doesn't seem to have been a significant difference in time between the edits.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyCgxRntVwg[/ame]

5:10

The first knockdown scored by Firpo in the first few seconds of the bout is also edited out.

 

Corbett and Tunney acting the first knockdown:

http://orphanfilmsymposium.blogspot.com/2008/05/pathex-95-mm-fight-picture.html
1:45

 

I never heard about the out of the ring time being edited down. I had heard of Firpos knockdown being edited out.

 

Cool find

 

No, I dont there's any truth to it.

I can see on the film that where the footage cuts from a close view to a further distance shot, the referee and Firpo remain in exactly same position.

5:06

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSEEXIe6Gg[/ame]


If anything, the idea that Dempsey was even out for 9 seconds seems likely to be inaccurate and a myth, and reported because it seemed so dramatic at the time.
I think he fell out and was back in straight away, I dont think his legs and feet even leave the ring, and he's most likely pushed off the ringsiders quite quickly, and comes in under the bottom rope within a few seconds.

I think the legend that he barely made it back in time was born instantly, because the fight was so dramatic it just had to be, and over the years that has grown into the assertion that he was out for 20 seconds or something.

 

He allways calls him Fripo.Louise Fripo:good