Jack Dempsey's Jolt

[Gray Lion]

In 1964, I trained under a man named Carmen Cursin. He was not only a friend of Jack Dempsey, but a trainer and sparing partner. He was among the last of the bare knuckle fighters also. I remember him talking about Jack Dempsey and the 'splinter punch'. the way he described it was that the entinre knockout punch depended on timing. Jack would set himself up directly in front of his opponent quickly, and then step forward driving his entire body behind a straight punch with the thumb upward. the energy behind the punch would slam through a denfense and would be aimed for the chin, lower jaw, --a knockout. I never tried it, but many of us have talked about it and keep saying we need to find some old film of his knockouts and study it (which we have not done). Personally, I think it is a fluke style that only Dempsey could pull off...much like Ali or Tysons style. You can try to copy it , but you can't duplicate it because it was unique to that fighter only...his timing,his insight, his movement, his internal 'radar'. Just my observation.

[SugarBoxing]

In 1964, I trained under a man named Carmen Cursin. He was not only a friend of Jack Dempsey, but a trainer and sparing partner. He was among the last of the bare knuckle fighters also. I remember him talking about Jack Dempsey and the 'splinter punch'. the way he described it was that the entinre knockout punch depended on timing. Jack would set himself up directly in front of his opponent quickly, and then step forward driving his entire body behind a straight punch with the thumb upward. the energy behind the punch would slam through a denfense and would be aimed for the chin, lower jaw, --a knockout. I never tried it, but many of us have talked about it and keep saying we need to find some old film of his knockouts and study it (which we have not done). Personally, I think it is a fluke style that only Dempsey could pull off...much like Ali or Tysons style. You can try to copy it , but you can't duplicate it because it was unique to that fighter only...his timing,his insight, his movement, his internal 'radar'. Just my observation.

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