Jack Dempsey - 3 years without a fight ?!?

[ElTerribleMorales]

Right so I'm watching Ringside Rivalries on ESPN and just watched the fight where Dempsey loses to Tunney (spoilers ?!?!? ) for first time.

It says Dempsey hadn't fought for 3 years before the fight. I'm like wtf ?!?!? Lazy get. This guy makes David Haye look over bastard active !!

I know quite a bit about the past era in boxing eg who beat who etc.. kind of records people had BUT I never knew this before tonight.

Lazy arse get

you do know he had exhibitions, made movies, and traveling all over the place in those 3 years right? and at least when he finally came to defend his title he did it against a great fighter in Tunney not like Haye who's only defenses have been an old used up Ruiz and a never was Harrison

[DaxxKahn]

Right so I'm watching Ringside Rivalries on ESPN and just watched the fight where Dempsey loses to Tunney (spoilers ?!?!? ) for first time.

It says Dempsey hadn't fought for 3 years before the fight. I'm like wtf ?!?!? Lazy get. This guy makes David Haye look over bastard active !!

I know quite a bit about the past era in boxing eg who beat who etc.. kind of records people had BUT I never knew this before tonight.

Lazy arse get

you do know he had exhibitions, made movies, and traveling all over the place in those 3 years right? and at least when he finally came to defend his title he did it against a great fighter in Tunney not like Haye who's only defenses have been an old used up Ruiz and a never was Harrison

Also they actually had a hard time getting anyone to fight Jack....I mean this guy really scared the shit out of people

[ElTerribleMorales]

Right so I'm watching Ringside Rivalries on ESPN and just watched the fight where Dempsey loses to Tunney (spoilers ?!?!? ) for first time.

It says Dempsey hadn't fought for 3 years before the fight. I'm like wtf ?!?!? Lazy get. This guy makes David Haye look over bastard active !!

I know quite a bit about the past era in boxing eg who beat who etc.. kind of records people had BUT I never knew this before tonight.

Lazy arse get

you do know he had exhibitions, made movies, and traveling all over the place in those 3 years right? and at least when he finally came to defend his title he did it against a great fighter in Tunney not like Haye who's only defenses have been an old used up Ruiz and a never was Harrison

Also they actually had a hard time getting anyone to fight Jack....I mean this guy really scared the shit out of people

read that he used to chew on leather to strengthen up his jaw lol, crazy shit, and i wouldn't doubt people were scared of him after the way he ko'd Willard

[porkypara]

Right so I'm watching Ringside Rivalries on ESPN and just watched the fight where Dempsey loses to Tunney (spoilers ?!?!? ) for first time.

It says Dempsey hadn't fought for 3 years before the fight. I'm like wtf ?!?!? Lazy get. This guy makes David Haye look over bastard active !!

I know quite a bit about the past era in boxing eg who beat who etc.. kind of records people had BUT I never knew this before tonight.

Lazy arse get

you do know he had exhibitions, made movies, and traveling all over the place in those 3 years right? and at least when he finally came to defend his title he did it against a great fighter in Tunney not like Haye who's only defenses have been an old used up Ruiz and a never was Harrison

Also they actually had a hard time getting anyone to fight Jack....I mean this guy really scared the shit out of people

Also the fact that he would not face any black boxer did not help.

Willard who held the title before jack was very inactive as well.

[DaxxKahn]

Right so I'm watching Ringside Rivalries on ESPN and just watched the fight where Dempsey loses to Tunney (spoilers ?!?!? ) for first time.

It says Dempsey hadn't fought for 3 years before the fight. I'm like wtf ?!?!? Lazy get. This guy makes David Haye look over bastard active !!

I know quite a bit about the past era in boxing eg who beat who etc.. kind of records people had BUT I never knew this before tonight.

Lazy arse get

you do know he had exhibitions, made movies, and traveling all over the place in those 3 years right? and at least when he finally came to defend his title he did it against a great fighter in Tunney not like Haye who's only defenses have been an old used up Ruiz and a never was Harrison

Also they actually had a hard time getting anyone to fight Jack....I mean this guy really scared the shit out of people

Also the fact that he would not face any black boxer did not help.

Willard who held the title before jack was very inactive as well.

Very true...

[Master]

He also only fought 10 round heavyweight championship bouts, scandalous.

[greynotsoold]

Dempsey would gladly have faced any fighter- be he black, green or orange. His promoter and manager, however, were interested in making only the most lucrative bouts, and, sadly, Harry Wills didn't draw so the fight never happened. At one point $225,000 was put up to secure the fight but the rest of the financial obligations could not be met so the fight never happened. Then Wills lost- to Sharkey, I think, and removed himself from contention.

[El Kabong]

I thought Doc hid a railroad spike in the thumb of the glove for the Willard fight?

Dempsey-Johnson would have been a great style matchup.

I also think Gene Tunney gets far too little credit for beating both Greb and Dempsey. He was a Klitschko of his day, smart, well read, and fans never fully appreciated him.

[El Kabong]

Dempsey's "Hobo" life probably caused a lot of the issues he faced later on. Like most boxers he had bad habits, trusted bad people, and knew nothing but that type of lifestyle.

[Master]

Dempsey was the original hand wrapped Margarito. Disgraceful.

[Hulk]

Dempsey was the original hand wrapped Margarito. Disgraceful.

Worse ! Far worse !

He did permenant damage to Jess Willard, who was too proud and too stupid to stay down.

[The Fightfan]

He also only fought 10 round heavyweight championship bouts, scandalous.

He did fight Tommy Gibbons he beat him rather easily over fifteen rounds.

[Master]

He also only fought 10 round heavyweight championship bouts, scandalous.

He did fight Tommy Gibbons he beat him rather easily over fifteen rounds.

I was trying to be sarcastic, guess it failed.