Thanks bro,I've seen the large majority of Dempseys fightes. I fearsome foe,with absolutely murderous power. When I saw the size difference between him and Wllard,I foolishly and automatically considered it a mis match!? Dempsey murdered him! How many knockdowns where there,I lost count! I also enjoyed Dempsey v Luis Firpo(spelling?). I remember numerous knockdowns in that fight too,awesome to watch.


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Wo,cc'S back to everyone. I'm surprised by the number of responses,thought I'd be alone on this one. We REALLY DO have the most knowledgeable boxing fans bar none. I don't know as much as you guys about the older fighters but I consider myself a student of the sport and love to learn so over the last couple of years,I've tracked down as many older fights as possible,from the first ever recorded boxing footage through the greats,the Jimmy Wilde's,Pancho Villa's etc Benny Leonards,Jack Johnsons,Jack Dempseys etc

Anyway,Sweetpea,thanks for the vid,I'll check it out when I get some time. Thankyou all guys for all the feedback,I'm going to watch some other older fights later in the week,I'll make another thread about it or just bump this one,so keep an eye out.

1thing though,imagine boxing still having the rule that the challenger would only win the title by koing the champion! It sure would make for more exciting fights lol. And it would root out alot of the dancing. To be honest,I thought those that said there were too many boxers who danced were talking cobblers but they have a point in light of these older fights/fighters!!! Man how times have changed!! I also am shocked at how many fights were rigged,Ketchel wearing higher heeled shoes made me LOL!!!

Yeah,I'm pretty sure I have like a 2 minute clip of one of the earlier boxing fights,I'm sure it went more than 50 plus rounds! I remember talking to it with Amat(a VERY KNOWEDGEABLE poster,hope he makes an appearance here)

Oh and another thing that REALLY shocked but I had completley forgotten about is that when a fighter goes down,the opponenet can stand right by and jump on him again?!!? What the heck?! And the crowds were MUCH MUCH bigger back then! I also found it astounding in the Georges Carpentier v Battling Siki bout,when Carpentier was knocked dow,Siki helped him up then a minute later,Georges headbutted him! This pissed of Siki so he attacked George viciousy,knocking him out! Wow!

Keep the posts coming guys and thankyou for the positive feedback!


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Have you seen the Jack Johnson vs Fireman Jim Flynn yet? It has the most insane use of the head ever! Honestly Holyfield is a saint next to Jim Flyn. What is so funny is that Flyn is tiny compared to Johnson so his headbutts are basicaly leaping headbutt and chin butts

Despite these most outrageous fouls Johnson just smiles throughout and then starts to hold Flyns head with one hand whilst pounding him with the other, just like a classic man fighting dwarf comedy sketch!
LMAO,I have not seen that fight but I am going to make sure I find it for sure.