Jack Dempsey & Joe Louis Newsreel and Training Footage

both men were ripped but remember Burt heavyweights trained down to make weight back then. It was a no no to have the extra weight that weight training and steroids do for a fighter today...with all there weight size today (Tyson exception) they can not hit as hard or as fast as Dempsey and Louis but Louis and Dempsey did something that Tyson and Lewis did not, they got off the floor to win

 

40+ year old Foreman over Tyson is insane. Far more insane than picking Dempsey over Louis. :deal

 

Rocky, there are two instances of Dempsey on film that represents the Manassa Mauler at his BEST,and should be seen by ESB forum members...
Both are in the Firpo fight...In one clip it shows Dempsey and Firpo in a virtual clinch. Dempsey frees his left hand and shoots about 10 left-hook uppercuts so fast and powerful without decent punching room that is awe inspiring...Posters,watch this display of vicious short lefthooks from a few inches away...This is the prime taut Dempsey at work...The other impressive few seconds is at the end of the Firpo fight, Dempsey fully
recovered hits the Wild Bull of the Pampas with a one-two, right and left
thrown so fast that the camera can hardly capture those powerful punches
but Firpo collapses like he was hit with a bazooka. Out cold...Check it out
ESB posters by watching these two moments in the Dempsey/Firpo fight...
Dempsey at his best before his 3 year Hollywood sojourn was something
not seen before or since...A bigger an earlier edition of Roberto Duran ,
snarl, viciousness, and KILLER INSTINCT...Check it out...