Jack Demspey "sent Godoy reeling" in sparring, 1940

All the great champs could hit like mfk'ers....that was the reason they were champs.

I wouldn't count any of them out in a round robin against each other.

 

Here is a little of it.

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Looks like he back hand ***** slapped the referee across the ring. Wish there was more footage.

 

On a serious note... Despite my logical and rigorously intellectual analysis of Dempsey's career, he was a total bad ass. He's the 70 old guy who would fight at the drop of a hat (as two NYC muggers discovered) and he had a left that could level a house.

The complete game in boxing is oversold, especially in the heavy division. What you really need is a couple emphatic strengths. For Dempsey that was power and aggression, at least in his best performances.

I may not pick him to win every match up but perhaps more than almost any other heavy I would never discount his chances in any matchup.

 

Excellent film clip - really enjoyed watching it!

I'm not aware of Dempsey and Louis getting together in a ring for any purpose except for pre-fight introductions. It would have been great to see, though, even if it were a skit. I remember reading of Dempsey training some up and coming fighters who did not do well against Louis, and he was quoted as saying he wanted to train someone to fight Louis, but hadn't thought that it might be Dempsey, himself. This may have been said more in humor than anything else. I do remember seeing a film of Dempsey and Louis flanking either Bob Hope or Frank Sinatra. Dempsey took one arm, Louis the other and they lifted the guy off the ground and carried him off.

 

Dempsey got in the ring with Louis at Joe's training camp for the Schmeling rematch when word was Joe was flat and listless ... Jack actually yelled at him to get some **** and vinegar back or told him he would lose ... there are photos of this camp visit ... they did not spar but they were in the ring and Jack was holding him and showing him how to fight nasty like he did ...

 

You believe that story ?

 

Two weeks after sparring with Godoy, Dempsey was in the ring again.
Fighting wrestler Cowboy Luttrell down in Atlanta.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQ0eqQTL74[/ame]

 

It is clearly stated story by Dempsey and i see no reason to say he lied .. do you ?

 

I believe the story.

(I don't know he clearly stated it, as far as I know it could just have been another nice little made-up newspaper story - a lot of what is in the papers are just made-up stories - but I choose to believe it, even on my limited knowledge of it.)

 

.The ref in the Luttrell fight looks like Nat Fleischer , but I can't be certain, anyway, he sure didn't hang around this those counts.


http://www.mmbolding.com/Heavyweights/Boxer_vs._Wrestler_Jack_Dempsey.htm

He fought Bull Curry later .

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006463/index.htm

 

It was Nat Fleischer.

 

Wonder of wonders i agree with your analysis...A will to conquer and destroy no matter what, goes a long way, and this mental toughness was what Jack Dempsey HAD in spades...:good

 

It's in the autobiography he co -authored a his daughter in 1977 ..

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