Willard Called A Quitter At Toledo

Love hearing stories of fighters putting idiots in there place

 

It was a different game back then. I once read an article on the Gene Tunney v Georges Carpentier bout of the same era and the reporter referred to Tunney throughout as 'chicken-hearted'. This was due to Tunney's 'unwillingness' to put Carpentier away when he was helpless. Again, a different game back then.

 

Willard did quit.
He also showed great courage.

 

The irony is that if there was enough time left in rd 1 for Jess to be counted out, they would’ve been fine with it.

Instead, Jess incredibly persevered for another 2 rds of hell only to be criticised for failing to answer the bell for rd 4.

Clearly an unjust and unqualified reaction to the first HW Champ to retire on his stool while all those before him were counted out or, in Burns’ case, saved from further punishment via due intervention by officials.

Did Adam’s book happen to verify Dempsey’s 10 k bet on himself at 10-1 odds to win by 1st rd KO?

 

Can't blame the big guy for quitting really tbh. Hed have being with in his rights to say that s it, after the first round.
The shots that poor guy took!

 

Wordplay .. he could not get off his stool. No different than if he could not get off the canvas and was counted out .. quitting has a negative connotation and there is nothing about Willard's performance from a courage standpoint that reflects that. We'll put that w gatekeeper ..

 

One of the things that really always bothered me about Willard is that he refused to shave his body hair PROPERLY before a match. And he knew it. Every time.

 

I do not know about this other thing though as that is yet another matter.

 

You don't know though, as I do not because you cannot always say whether these things are or are not good or bad or not because of the way they were trained.

 

Modern fighters quit like dogs in comparison. Years ago there were so many fighters the promoters and managers would have dropped them if they pulled a liston or a Tyson

 

Willard was right to quit, because he could have ended up with life changing injuries, had he fought on.

His corner should have thrown the towel.

 

That's absurd, Dempsey beat him to a pulp. I may laugh at Big Jess' boxing skills, but his courage and toughness were second to none. Anybody wanting him to get beaten more than that didn't want a boxing match they wanted bloodsport in a Roman arena.