His legacy was cemented before and after Lawlor and honestly the 'tko' was as much a result of taking it for granted and coming in fat, year and half out and out of shape as it was anything Lawlor did. They shoveled Lawlor in as they had sparred and fought exhibition prior and thought he knew his role so to speak. Was watching him waddle around and beat up no hopers like Heath Todd and Wilbur Garst any less a tarnish on legacy. Or get absolutely massacred by Joppy in a fight he had ZERO business being in. Seriously one of the saddest fights I've seen. Whatever the case it brought Lawlor a second career and more cash than he knew what to do with. The best thing to come out of that night was a poem Lawlor wrote about it and the sport from a journeyman's pov, at 3:30 or so https://youtu.be/kCrK_I6Y8dk