JUNE 1 R. I. P. JACK DEMPSEY

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  1. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    35 years ago today the Manassa Mauler died. This is a thread to say rest in peace to a ultra exciting fan favorite. No negativity please :)
     
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  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    RIP Jack,my favourite fighter.
     
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  3. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Met him in NYC in 1974...not long before his restaurant on Broadway closed...I was dumbstruck...shook his hand...he was really nice!!!
     
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  4. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Legend! RIP Champ.
     
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  5. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Great Puncher!
     
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  6. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    This is incredibly cool. You didn't try to mug him, did you? ( kidding.)
    I think I've said this before, but it in his later interviews he looks and sounds so much like my grandfather it's eerie.
     
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  7. The Senator

    The Senator Active Member Full Member

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    One of the true greats.
     
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  8. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    The man's a legend. Always enjoy watching him or reading about him. Was the first classic heavy I really got in to back in the day and my interest in him has never waned .
    A true Heavyweight star !
     
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  9. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    After 53 years experience as one of America's most distinguished sports writers, the incomparable Grantland Rice called DEMPSEY "the greatest attacking star in sports I've ever seen."
     
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  10. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jim Murray said, "When I hear the name "Jack Dempsey", I think of an America that was one big roaring camp of miners, drifters, bunkhouse hands, con men,hard cases men who lived by their fists & their shooting irons and by the cards they drew. America at High Noon."
    Beautiful man :)
     
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  11. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mickey Walker said, " I don't think the world will ever again see a man who releases such ferociousness, strength and visciousness in the ring."
     
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  12. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

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    You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings. Jack Dempsey.

    Not a bad philosophy for any boxer.

    RIP Champ.
     
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  13. louis54

    louis54 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    met him a couple of times....had the strongest hands on earth....the greatest of all times was a gentleman and a gentle man..everybody liked him
     
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  14. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I must be tired at the end of my work week. I saw the thread title and said to myself, "Oh no! Jack Dempsey died!"

    I hope you continue to rest in peace, champ.
     
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  15. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
     
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