Re: Did Jack Dempsey Have Something In His Gloves Against Jess Willard ??
We'll never know. All I know is that Demposey would have flattened him with or withou the railroad spike. Willard was never a good fighter IMO, just right place right time. Haven't seen the fight for some time, but I always remember that some of the shots Dempsey landed looked weird, like he was swinging his straight arm around like a stick, hitting Willard with the side of his fist, looked more like clubbing him than punching him.
Re: Did Jack Dempsey Have Something In His Gloves Against Jess Willard ??
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Re: Did Jack Dempsey Have Something In His Gloves Against Jess Willard ??
Just watched the fight, I had seen it before..knew it sounded familiar.
What is true was that was a horrible beating..cant believe that. It hurts to watch.
"Willard had a broken cheekbone, broken jaw, several teeth knocked out, partial hearing loss in one ear, and broken ribs"
And Willard outweighed Dempsey by something like 50-60 lbs?
The severity of the damage that Dempsey caused on a much bigger man and that fact Dempsey's whole purse was supposedly wagered on a first round KO makes me think there must have been something.
