Jack Dempsey colorized clips

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  1. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    [url]https://streamable.com/2v7l1[/url]
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    From this documentary:
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    Seeing fighters in color makes a BIG difference!
     
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  2. reznick

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    No way...
    About to watch
     
  3. reznick

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    Holy **** these are amazing.
    Incredible find Dago damn.
     
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  4. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Thanks man. I was on another forum and a guy posted the documentary in the history section only it was blocked in the US so I put the title in to youtube and this came up. Checked the thing for every piece of Dempsey I could find lol.
     
  5. Reason123

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    Yes, great find Mr.DagoWop! Really enjoyed watching these!
     
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  6. nikrj

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    It makes a big difference for sure!

    That combo that knocked Tunney down looks awesome in color!
     
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  7. juppity

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    Wonderful find Mr DagoWop .
    The difference is like night and day.
    Thanks for sharing.
     
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  8. joe brown

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    thanks for these clip absolutely amazing
    much appreciated
     
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  9. reznick

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    You sure they didn't use a modern fight, and faked it as a Dempsey fight?
    [url]https://streamable.com/0sduj[/url]

    Whats with all the combos and head movement?
    :thinking:
     
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  10. reznick

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    This is what makes the information age so special.
    Just when you think you seen everything, a gem like this drops.

    There is always something more to look forward to over the horizon.
     
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  11. Eddie Ezzard

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    Colour does make a huge difference, I agree. That and not watching clips that look like they're in fast forward. But I enjoyed that and I confess my appreciation of the old timers is not the same as Dago's or Reznick's. Couldn't get the documentary from the link so will have a gander. Thanks for sharing that find.

    That boy Dempsey looks like he could have been quite a star if he'd only had a bit of charisma. ;)
     
  12. nikrj

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    Watching short excerpts like this in color, I wonder how much would not be spectacular watching the first round of Dempsey vs. Willard colorized !.....
     
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  13. reznick

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    I looked into the company that does the Colorizing work.
    Apparently this is going to be a 6 part series, with 6 different decades.

    The 30's episode will most definitely have Louis in color.
    They said it took them 9 months to make this episode, so it could be a while.
     
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  14. reznick

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    Yeah man, I wish they did that one too.
    I can tell it's the most difficult one to colorize, but I was honestly impressed with their work on the Firpo footage, and all the footage. It's very well done.

    Imagine a team like this dedicated to boxing.
     
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  15. reznick

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    Indeed.
    The big problem with this, and Klompton alluded to this some time, is that the speed varies dramatically.

    When I colorized footage myself, I noticed that even with the highest quality Joe Louis footage, sometimes it takes 4 frames for the image to proceed, and sometimes it takes only 1. And it varies at a crazy rate.

    If there was a team like the one that worked on this documentary, dedicated solely to boxing footage restoration, they could do wonders. My restoration attempts are little league compared to these guys.