Jack Dempsey is truly amazing ! Great fighter, a warrior in the ring and such an intelligent person and a gentleman outside the ring...this was the time of real men with pride, honor and heart !
I remember it like it was yesterday when Jack Dempsey passed away because he passed away on the very same night (5/31/83) my Philadelphia 76ers (led by Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones, Andrew Toney, and Marc Iavaroni) won the NBA title from the Los Angeles Lakers:-)!!!!
Shout out to Tommy Gibbons, an often forgotten but all-time great light heavyweight who also managed to beat Harry Greb. He held in there, with the occasional good movement and survived, one of very few to survive a full 15 from Jack As for Jack himself, his first round knockout percentage (RO1 KOs making up 51% of his victories) remains unbeaten by any champion of any division in boxing history. Man was a legend.
When nearing 80, two muggers would find that out while attempting to rob Jack in a taxi at a stop light. Jack proceeded to get two one punch knockouts with his left and right, later he claimed his instincts just kicked in,
not the size of the dog--the fight in the dog! dempsey was a hungry fighter with lots of heart. a murderous puncher with one route--forward. a true gentleman outside the ring. but tuff as iron back in the mining days. a true fighter.
I can remember my dad telling me how dempsey was cheated by tunney whenever we saw something about the tunney fight on tv. My dad was born 8 years after that fight lol. Funny how names can become legends whenever I hear the name dempsey I always think of champ.
He may have not been as popular as Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, or even Mike Tyson, but Jack Dempsey is truly one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all-time:-)!!!!
Watch the complete show . It was clearly stated he was more popular than Ali. Most people including blacks in the 60s disliked Ali. It wasn't until the mid 70s after the press kept harping about how great Ali was. I had many older relatives that remembered Dempseys hey day and told me and my cousins about how he was revered. Truthfully its always been the loud minority that supported Ali. My Dad went to 3 Ali fights and he told me 2 out of every 3 people were cheering against Ali. Please understand I love Ali but so much of the mystique was media created remember Howard Cosell? Dempsey never had tv and 24 hour sports coverage.
@@eac1235 Listen, why do you have to go through this whole analogy on how Jack Dempsey was "more popular" than Muhammad Ali???? What you said about Ali being despised in the 1960s and loved in the 1970s is 100% accurate. But it's TOTALLY IRRELEVANT when it comes to popularity and his rightful place among the greatest boxers of all-time my friend. If you go from the roaring 1920s to the 1980s and beyond, do you ever hear "The Mannasa Mauler's" name in the same discussion with Ali, Louis, Marciano, Tyson, and even the boxers from the lighter weight divisions such as Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, and Henry Armstrong as far as being popular and one of boxing's all-time greats go???? In today's society, people who have never even seen "The Mannasa Mauler" box in films are going to say the names I just mentioned in the last sentence because the majority of them are not even aware of the fact some technology existed back in Dempsey's time let alone great fighters (athletes in general). But if you have heard Dempsey's name being mentioned in other people's conversations as far as being one of the most popular and greatest fighters of all-time goes, then what planet are those people from because I need to go there and hear their conversations in their entirety 🤣😂🤣😂!!!! Of course I wasn't even born (and I'm pretty sure you weren't either 🤣😂🤣😂!!!!) when Dempsey was boxing. But I've seen plenty of films of him in action and he was indeed a tremendous fighter. Believe it or not, he's one of my favorite boxers of all-time and it's totally mind boggling his name is hardly ever mentioned as one of the most popular and greatest fighters of all-time.
@@jamesmortonjr.5830 Actually Dempsey was ranked the greatest fighter of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Even Ali himself made it a point to go to Dempseys restaurant in NYC. Yes I have heard Dempseys name mentioned in all greatest heavyweight conversations. Trying to tell me that people talk more about Marciano or Moore is just not realistic. Also who the hell do you think Tyson molded himself after ??? Bruce Lee in his book talks about punching like Dempsey etc etc. So he must have been well known and very much talked about. Even Ali made it a point to hang out a few times with Dempsey. Talking about me going with a analogy you wrote a novella for craps sake! Lol.Have a good night.
@@eac1235 Like I said earlier my friend, what planet do those individuals live on who mentioned Dempsey's name as one of the most popular and greatest fighters of all-time 🤣😂🤣😂!!!! Me write a novel???? I would NEVER do such a thing 🤣😂🤣😂!!!! You just making this analogy on how he was the best boxer during the first half of the 20th Century along with how Muhammad Ali wanted to hang out with him and who Mike Tyson emulated during his time in the ring. In essence, you made this discussion way more serious than it really is, not me. In reality, I don't even see why we're having this "disagreement" concerning "The Mannasa Mauler" because we both agree Jack Dempsey is indeed one of the best fighters in boxing history. Oh yeah, it's his popularity we're having a "disagreement" on right???? 😂🤣😂🤣!!!! My point is is he popular among the majority of people who were born in the late 20th, early 21st Century and aren't even aware of his great accomplishments in the ring and undeniable legacy in not just boxing history, but in sports history as well!!!!
@@jamesmortonjr.5830 James (if you don't mind me calling you that) my name is Everett, we should at least be on a first name basis after all this typing! Lol Through all of this I have to wonder if 50 years from now will Lennox and Holyfield still be talked about and their place in boxing history. It's true when the people who see something directly are gone their voices go as well. What gets remembered is selective alot of times. I definitely agree with what you are saying. Oh I write novellas as well on car subjects here on you tube. Lol
Came back to say I heard from his mouth a 40+ yr interview the first ever Puertorican boxing champion 🇵🇷Sixto Escobar became a boxer after seeing Jack Dempsey fight he was the inspiration for him.. and he earn like 30k dollar for his hole career almost 100 fights.. crazy 1920 is had real tough people .
What a lot people don't know about the Firpo fight is that Firpo knocked Dempsey down with the first punch of the fight. According to Burt Sugar Dempsey had it cut out because he was embarrassed by it.
LibertarianUSA1982 Scrawny???? Dempsey was 190lbs of solid muscle. He was a perfect hybrid of excellent speed and power. Today's fighters come in 20 pounds over their required fighting weight. McDonalds+Steroids.
Yeah, I've always felt the narrative of Dempsey as "undersized" was a bit ridiculous. Sure, he was much smaller than Willard, but Willard was a freak for that era. Most HWs of that time were roughly Dempseys size. Unfortunately a lot of Dempseys career has been mytholicized in some really unnecessary ways. Definitely an ATG tho.
The best fighters, since the beginning of boxing, have been the downtrodden, been told you can't, or don't belong, or have nothing else to lose. A desperate man, is a dangerous man
Was Dempsey using plaster wraps in the Willard fight? I've watched boxing for years and never heard of anyone doing that type of damage in the first two rounds. I'm not questioning his talent -- and if Dempsey did it cleanly, that's impressive -- but I find it hard to believe.
No he was not. Firstly, the damage Willard suffered has also been exaggerated. Willard always believed Dempsey cheated, but there is no real evidence of this if you examine all of the arguments.
@@SilverSkitterscuttle exactly. The guy who gave the famously brutal injury report to the press a) had no access to Willard after the fight and b) wasn't even a doctor. Anyone with any first hand knowledge of Willards condition after the fight said that outside some pretty bad bruising and swelling, he was pretty much fine. Willard was even quoted as saying it was no worse than anything he'd done to other fighters he'd faced before.
Willard was also massively hung over. Dempsey overwhelmed him in the first but jess handled himself well until he retired on his stool. Like others said the damage he took was exaggerated.
The question has to be "why was Dempsey in such a rush to get OUT of the ring after round 1? Didn't he want to have his hand raised???" Very curious. Also, after beating the living hell out of a FRESH Williard, Dempsey could put a BEATEN Williard down after the first round? Just strange.
it's sad that no other boxer has the skill, physique or guts to use his dempsey roll in a match. If you're able to evolve the move so that you can use sharp cuts, it's an unstoppable move
No he didn't. Tyson used a completely different technique developed by Cus Damato, i believe Dempsey once fought a guy who used the philly shell [Tysons style].
Emile Griffith was beaten very badly outside a gay bar, by some punks who objected to something apparently. they had no idea who this drunken gay guy was. a Hall of Fame warrior .he suffered some brain damage as a result of the assault. I'll bet he landed at least a couple good shots, instinctively.
A great boxer I agree! But a gentleman.... maybe. Once he won the world title, he played the race card and refused to face black opponents. This was due in part to Jack Johnson's reign as champ a couple years earlier because of all the trouble he attracted purely from being coloured and the fact America, or at least the American Boxing scene, was still at that time totally against black champions. Did Dempsey play the race card to appease the public or cause he was racist?.... Still a legend
yea a legend of the nut shot watch dempsey vs Sharky. Dempsey was getting tuned up like a loose alternator until round 6 midway 3 quick ball shots and as sharkey complains dempsey left hooks him to hell. Not a legend, a Legendary Cheater
Let's mug this old man coming out the taxi bad mistake bang bang there out police come and they won't get up till the 70 yr old man leaves who is he they ask Jack Dempsey they are told
How could this be the golden age of sports when African Americans weren't even allowed to compete in boxing fully, baseball or football fully....even Jackie Robinson played in a segregated football and baseball league (Honolulu Bears and Kansas City Monarchs).
Jack Johnson said he never lost to Willard he would beat him easy but he got paid 50 grand and was aloud back in the states he wanted to see his mom so he gave up the world championship to see his mom really it should have been demsy tha fought him would of been a great fight and 1 thing I can with 100 percent clarity is jack would of won lol
Funny how scrawny boxers were back then. No way they could even compete today with all the modern science that goes into training and of course steroids.
Dude - the current heavyweight division is a joke. The best athletes in the world play NBA or NFL because it pays much better money. Jack Dempsey was champ when boxing was THE BIGGEST sport in the world. He would tear apart all the heavyweights today despite only weighing 88kilos!!!!
they trained alot more too IMO they had to because fight could last upto 45 rounds just before dempseys time.alot of there old skills and teqniqueshave been lost aswell,ive herd dempsey cross trained wrestlign aswell
You fuckin fool. Both Washington and the promoters of the day didn't want a black man as champion after Jack Johnson. Even twenty years after Johnson lost the title, promoters advised Joe Louis to act in a humble manner because of the fallout of the bold, in your face arrogance of Jack Johnson. The best black heavyweight of the twenties was Harry Wills - Big, slow, awkward and tailor made for Jack Dempsey. Dempsey would have done to Wills what he did to Jess Willard.
@@jimmylang3383 Jimmy, dear boy, you aren't up to my intellectual caliber. If only for the fact that you can't even spell the four letter word hell (You spelled it he'll). Go read a book little man and come back to me when you educate yourself.Then I'll clue you in. Either that or simply go to (he'll). ha ha !
way overated! Would get destroyed in todays heayweight division, could you imagine him going the distance with even a top 20 fighter such as David Tua????? I honestly couldn't. To be the best. You gotta fight THE best.... None of this "Drawing The Colour Line Bullshit".... To me.... Thats just two scared men. , Jack and Gene are both pretenders in my opinion....
You talk utter rubbish..THESE fighters, especially the top ones would destroy the fighters of today....these were real Men who had pride in staying on their feet, not like the majority of the fighters today who's only goal is to drum up business (money) by pretending to be angry at press meetings!!
these true fighters would destroy the businessmen of today they put real food in a real body not manipulated garbage they were strong as hell could go 60 rounds because there psychology was so strong no one controlled there minds but them today there all sell out puppets very weak and insecure they wont even get in a ring with the best of today and you think they would get in with the best of yesterday?? no way they would be killed on the spot
These guys were true beasts! no fighter today could ever do half of what they did,and could not go even half the distance either, what fighter today can go 50+ rounds,or even 20 something rounds,they'd die in the ring first,and if they fought these guys they'd get killed in the ring by these fighters,no comparison here to them!
Your right but the thing about him was his style. Prior to this for the most part Boxing was still more of a gentlemen sport where they just stood at a distance not engaging in the way that Dempsey did which in my opinion is one of the reasons why the fights where so long. Dempsey went in there and just tried killing people and nobody had seen that style of fighting which was why he was a huge draw, and one could argue that he was the first modern pop culture in America. Sometimes the first guy over the course of time might not eventually be the best and get overshadowed by those who follow him. Your right I don't think he would do well against modern Heavyweights but they all eventually fall to somebody else. And if you watch some of his fights you can see where Mike Tyson gets his influence from him especially after the fights how he would be quick to go over to the fallen opponent after the fight, Tyson is totally imitating Dempsey when he did that especially early in his career.
I once read a quote from Dempsey: “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t”. That says it all.
Jack Dempsey is truly amazing ! Great fighter, a warrior in the ring and such an intelligent person and a gentleman outside the ring...this was the time of real men with pride, honor and heart !
I remember it like it was yesterday when Jack Dempsey passed away because he passed away on the very same night (5/31/83) my Philadelphia 76ers (led by Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones, Andrew Toney, and Marc Iavaroni) won the NBA title from the Los Angeles Lakers:-)!!!!
@@carlosvaca389 ????????????????
One of the best of all time
Absolutely
Therell never be another Jack Dempsey
NEVER!!!!!
Ohh yes there is
@@Gobstopperwob who
Ryan rozicki, Look him up. May not be an exact replica but he is the 2nd coming.
I loove Jack Dempsey
Jack dempsey the man!!!
Shout out to Tommy Gibbons, an often forgotten but all-time great light heavyweight who also managed to beat Harry Greb. He held in there, with the occasional good movement and survived, one of very few to survive a full 15 from Jack
As for Jack himself, his first round knockout percentage (RO1 KOs making up 51% of his victories) remains unbeaten by any champion of any division in boxing history. Man was a legend.
dempsey was tysons favourite fighter and its not hard to see why. the best left hook in boxing what a warrior
He credited Dempsey for how he bobbed, weaved & attack
At one time he was called "The Most Dangerous Unarmed Man In The World!"
And I agree!!
When nearing 80, two muggers would find that out while attempting to rob Jack in a taxi at a stop light. Jack proceeded to get two one punch knockouts with his left and right, later he claimed his instincts just kicked in,
You’ve done a masterful job of capturing and presenting the story of this immortal sports icon. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you!
This is an ESPN documentary lol. That's why the production is so good and holds up to this day
not the size of the dog--the fight in the dog! dempsey was a hungry fighter with lots of heart. a murderous puncher with one route--forward. a true gentleman outside the ring. but tuff as iron back in the mining days. a true fighter.
Hard to find a doc on Dempsey. Thanks for this one
I miss ESPN classic
really!!!
Toughest man of the century: physically, mentally and psychologically.
I can remember my dad telling me how dempsey was cheated by tunney whenever we saw something about the tunney fight on tv. My dad was born 8 years after that fight lol. Funny how names can become legends whenever I hear the name dempsey I always think of champ.
rob roberts um Tunney was the one who cheated there
thats what he said
Sad about the Long Count, but hey he became the bigger man in boxing history than all of them. R.I.P
Holy shit..300k back then?
Al copone was worth 100 million back then.....mental all from alcohol
I got my farm in Kansas...
"it was the roaring 20s.
Babe Ruth bashed baseballs.
Bill Tilden bashed tennis balls.
Jack Dempsey bashed Sharkey's balls."
Lmao 😂
Well said!
He may have not been as popular as Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, or even Mike Tyson, but Jack Dempsey is truly one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all-time:-)!!!!
Watch the complete show . It was clearly stated he was more popular than Ali. Most people including blacks in the 60s disliked Ali. It wasn't until the mid 70s after the press kept harping about how great Ali was. I had many older relatives that remembered Dempseys hey day and told me and my cousins about how he was revered. Truthfully its always been the loud minority that supported Ali. My Dad went to 3 Ali fights and he told me 2 out of every 3 people were cheering against Ali. Please understand I love Ali but so much of the mystique was media created remember Howard Cosell? Dempsey never had tv and 24 hour sports coverage.
@@eac1235 Listen, why do you have to go through this whole analogy on how Jack Dempsey was "more popular" than Muhammad Ali???? What you said about Ali being despised in the 1960s and loved in the 1970s is 100% accurate. But it's TOTALLY IRRELEVANT when it comes to popularity and his rightful place among the greatest boxers of all-time my friend. If you go from the roaring 1920s to the 1980s and beyond, do you ever hear "The Mannasa Mauler's" name in the same discussion with Ali, Louis, Marciano, Tyson, and even the boxers from the lighter weight divisions such as Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, and Henry Armstrong as far as being popular and one of boxing's all-time greats go???? In today's society, people who have never even seen "The Mannasa Mauler" box in films are going to say the names I just mentioned in the last sentence because the majority of them are not even aware of the fact some technology existed back in Dempsey's time let alone great fighters (athletes in general). But if you have heard Dempsey's name being mentioned in other people's conversations as far as being one of the most popular and greatest fighters of all-time goes, then what planet are those people from because I need to go there and hear their conversations in their entirety 🤣😂🤣😂!!!! Of course I wasn't even born (and I'm pretty sure you weren't either 🤣😂🤣😂!!!!) when Dempsey was boxing. But I've seen plenty of films of him in action and he was indeed a tremendous fighter. Believe it or not, he's one of my favorite boxers of all-time and it's totally mind boggling his name is hardly ever mentioned as one of the most popular and greatest fighters of all-time.
@@jamesmortonjr.5830 Actually Dempsey was ranked the greatest fighter of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Even Ali himself made it a point to go to Dempseys restaurant in NYC. Yes I have heard Dempseys name mentioned in all greatest heavyweight conversations. Trying to tell me that people talk more about Marciano or Moore is just not realistic. Also who the hell do you think Tyson molded himself after ??? Bruce Lee in his book talks about punching like Dempsey etc etc. So he must have been well known and very much talked about. Even Ali made it a point to hang out a few times with Dempsey. Talking about me going with a analogy you wrote a novella for craps sake! Lol.Have a good night.
@@eac1235 Like I said earlier my friend, what planet do those individuals live on who mentioned Dempsey's name as one of the most popular and greatest fighters of all-time 🤣😂🤣😂!!!! Me write a novel???? I would NEVER do such a thing 🤣😂🤣😂!!!! You just making this analogy on how he was the best boxer during the first half of the 20th Century along with how Muhammad Ali wanted to hang out with him and who Mike Tyson emulated during his time in the ring. In essence, you made this discussion way more serious than it really is, not me. In reality, I don't even see why we're having this "disagreement" concerning "The Mannasa Mauler" because we both agree Jack Dempsey is indeed one of the best fighters in boxing history. Oh yeah, it's his popularity we're having a "disagreement" on right???? 😂🤣😂🤣!!!! My point is is he popular among the majority of people who were born in the late 20th, early 21st Century and aren't even aware of his great accomplishments in the ring and undeniable legacy in not just boxing history, but in sports history as well!!!!
@@jamesmortonjr.5830 James (if you don't mind me calling you that) my name is Everett, we should at least be on a first name basis after all this typing! Lol Through all of this I have to wonder if 50 years from now will Lennox and Holyfield still be talked about and their place in boxing history. It's true when the people who see something directly are gone their voices go as well. What gets remembered is selective alot of times. I definitely agree with what you are saying. Oh I write novellas as well on car subjects here on you tube. Lol
Mike Tyson said that Jack Dempsey fought like someone who hadn't eaten for 5 days
Because he normally didnt eat in those early days
An era where people were responsible for themselves and didn’t look for handouts like we have today.
They got handouts then too
@@ah93704
Cut the crap.
Nigel Benn got knocked through ropes out off ring and came back to win.
Young Dempsey Looked Like max Schmeling
My favorite part of these documentaries is the bottom line
Came back to say I heard from his mouth a 40+ yr interview the first ever Puertorican boxing champion 🇵🇷Sixto Escobar became a boxer after seeing Jack Dempsey fight he was the inspiration for him.. and he earn like 30k dollar for his hole career almost 100 fights.. crazy 1920 is had real tough people .
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What a lot people don't know about the Firpo fight is that Firpo knocked Dempsey down with the first punch of the fight. According to Burt Sugar Dempsey had it cut out because he was embarrassed by it.
It's there. It wasn't cut out. Flash knock down.
Depends on the version you watch.
I watched these men and reflected on how much braver and how honest they are compared to how I am
I need to fucking improve
Man look at Jack Johnson🎯💯 document
Also had a Long Count !
Wait....Let me finish that list of sports greats:
Jack Dempsey
Red Grange
Babe Ruth
Al Bundy.....He scored 4 touchdowns....
21:49 Casamayor vs Katsidas. Didn't know he had cement in his , gloves wooooooooow!!
Dempsey fought only one way......to obliterate his opponent
"Jack Dempsey will start shaking all Its taken"
LibertarianUSA1982
Scrawny???? Dempsey was 190lbs of solid muscle. He was a perfect hybrid of excellent speed and power.
Today's fighters come in 20 pounds over their required fighting weight. McDonalds+Steroids.
Yeah, I've always felt the narrative of Dempsey as "undersized" was a bit ridiculous. Sure, he was much smaller than Willard, but Willard was a freak for that era. Most HWs of that time were roughly Dempseys size. Unfortunately a lot of Dempseys career has been mytholicized in some really unnecessary ways. Definitely an ATG tho.
The best fighters, since the beginning of boxing, have been the downtrodden, been told you can't, or don't belong, or have nothing else to lose. A desperate man, is a dangerous man
Does anyone know the name of the boxer from the 20s or 30s who was also an Ivy League graduate???
Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney. He beat Dempsey for the title in 1926.
What does Rocky Marciano have to do with anything?
dempsey is like manny pacquiao of the 20th century. they have similar story.
Who were in your Top 5 ?
The origin of Dempsey Roll
4:00 song?
"I got my farm in Kansas" loool he did actaullly have a farm in Kansas. if he had said I got my farm in texas then maybe there was a real problem.
Yes,Norton you are right,there Will Never be another white racistas Champion.
This didn't age well ..hows Wilder or the black supremacist Anthony joshua doing now ??
The Manassa Mauler
yeah i got a facebook account :) it's the same name caleb thomas just need your name
Was Dempsey using plaster wraps in the Willard fight? I've watched boxing for years and never heard of anyone doing that type of damage in the first two rounds. I'm not questioning his talent -- and if Dempsey did it cleanly, that's impressive -- but I find it hard to believe.
No he was not. Firstly, the damage Willard suffered has also been exaggerated. Willard always believed Dempsey cheated, but there is no real evidence of this if you examine all of the arguments.
+Stracchan J no he didn't use plaster, kearns wasn't involved in the wrapping as told by eyewitness nat, it's been throughly disproven
Of course he cheated, why would his side kick put on a 10 thousand bet that he would knock him out in the first round
@@SilverSkitterscuttle exactly. The guy who gave the famously brutal injury report to the press a) had no access to Willard after the fight and b) wasn't even a doctor. Anyone with any first hand knowledge of Willards condition after the fight said that outside some pretty bad bruising and swelling, he was pretty much fine. Willard was even quoted as saying it was no worse than anything he'd done to other fighters he'd faced before.
Willard was also massively hung over. Dempsey overwhelmed him in the first but jess handled himself well until he retired on his stool. Like others said the damage he took was exaggerated.
The question has to be "why was Dempsey in such a rush to get OUT of the ring after round 1? Didn't he want to have his hand raised???" Very curious. Also, after beating the living hell out of a FRESH Williard, Dempsey could put a BEATEN Williard down after the first round? Just strange.
it's sad that no other boxer has the skill, physique or guts to use his dempsey roll in a match. If you're able to evolve the move so that you can use sharp cuts, it's an unstoppable move
@DrPoon
Tyson evolved that move
No he didn't.
Tyson used a completely different technique developed by Cus Damato, i believe Dempsey once fought a guy who used the philly shell [Tysons style].
trvth1s Tyson didn't use the Philly shell.
Tyson style was peek on boobs
Emile Griffith was beaten very badly outside a gay bar, by some punks who objected to something apparently. they had no idea who this drunken gay guy was. a Hall of Fame warrior .he suffered some brain damage as a result of the assault. I'll bet he landed at least a couple good shots, instinctively.
@gawjusboy
Tunny looked clear headed and could have got up.
Jack Dempsey is my 8th cousin related to my moms side that's where i got my boxing blood from.
Caleb plant Every one! Help this brother out
We are all related from Adam and eve
My great great grandfather...was married to my great great grandmother.
A great boxer I agree! But a gentleman.... maybe. Once he won the world title, he played the race card and refused to face black opponents. This was due in part to Jack Johnson's reign as champ a couple years earlier because of all the trouble he attracted purely from being coloured and the fact America, or at least the American Boxing scene, was still at that time totally against black champions. Did Dempsey play the race card to appease the public or cause he was racist?.... Still a legend
Classic Boxing Matches because fighting a black fighter was less money at the time.Jack Johnson didn't fight black fighters for the same reason.
yea a legend of the nut shot watch dempsey vs Sharky. Dempsey was getting tuned up like a loose alternator until round 6 midway 3 quick ball shots and as sharkey complains dempsey left hooks him to hell. Not a legend, a Legendary Cheater
Let's mug this old man coming out the taxi bad mistake bang bang there out police come and they won't get up till the 70 yr old man leaves who is he they ask Jack Dempsey they are told
Not only was he bewildered, he was beaten senseless.
Yes i am serious he is related to my mom's side that's how i have boxing blood no joke
Caleb plant that's you ? Tell Donald I said hello
Babe could hit a ball good was a better drunk. No comparaison
Why no subtitles? Too lazy to add them? If you want me to subscribe you had better add subtitles.
Suck my subtitles.
Jack Johnson would have tied hm in knots and frustrated his style. Johnson was the man.
Johnson didn't move his head threw one shot and tied up. Willard took Johnson's head off, Dempsey almost killed Willard.
There is a rumor that they did fight for some rich guys. Dempsey won. Johnson was an old man.
@@melissaallen6914 fake news. Dempey wouldnt fight sam or harry, even greb but he runs to canada for jj? Not a chance.
Dempsey would've knocked Johnson into the third row.
Lol, I like the way Jack Johnson just shields his eyes from the sun as soon as he falls down. I mean... really ??
A great champion, he just wasn’t lucky with women
How could this be the golden age of sports when African Americans weren't even allowed to compete in boxing fully, baseball or football fully....even Jackie Robinson played in a segregated football and baseball league (Honolulu Bears and Kansas City Monarchs).
Jack Johnson said he never lost to Willard he would beat him easy but he got paid 50 grand and was aloud back in the states he wanted to see his mom so he gave up the world championship to see his mom really it should have been demsy tha fought him would of been a great fight and 1 thing I can with 100 percent clarity is jack would of won lol
Ya right. He was an old man way past him prime. No different from when he beat James Jeffries
Yeah he just boxed for 20 odd rounds before taking a dive. Smh 🤨😑
Funny how scrawny boxers were back then. No way they could even compete today with all the modern science that goes into training and of course steroids.
Dude - the current heavyweight division is a joke. The best athletes in the world play NBA or NFL because it pays much better money. Jack Dempsey was champ when boxing was THE BIGGEST sport in the world. He would tear apart all the heavyweights today despite only weighing 88kilos!!!!
vanzetti7
exactly,steroids dont make yu a better fighter,dempsey fought in an era when men were MEN.they were a differant kinda of Strong back then.
Did you know Jack Dempsey was a hobo for 5 years?
Older fighter were stronger mentally. Technology and steroids is not substitute for strength of spirit.
they trained alot more too IMO they had to because fight could last upto 45 rounds just before dempseys time.alot of there old skills and teqniqueshave been lost aswell,ive herd dempsey cross trained wrestlign aswell
T'he racist Jack dempsey would not Fight t'he great black fighter Harry Willis
Fuck harry wills.
@@TheBatugan77 only a coward could say that
You fuckin fool. Both Washington and the promoters of the day didn't want a black man as champion after Jack Johnson. Even twenty years after Johnson lost the title, promoters advised Joe Louis to act in a humble manner because of the fallout of the bold, in your face arrogance of Jack Johnson. The best black heavyweight of the twenties was Harry Wills - Big, slow, awkward and tailor made for Jack Dempsey. Dempsey would have done to Wills what he did to Jess Willard.
@@joej2435 what he'll are you talking about
@@jimmylang3383 Jimmy, dear boy, you aren't up to my intellectual caliber. If only for the fact that you can't even spell the four letter word hell (You spelled it he'll). Go read a book little man and come back to me when you educate yourself.Then I'll clue you in. Either that or simply go to (he'll). ha ha !
way overated! Would get destroyed in todays heayweight division, could you imagine him going the distance with even a top 20 fighter such as David Tua????? I honestly couldn't. To be the best. You gotta fight THE best.... None of this "Drawing The Colour Line Bullshit".... To me.... Thats just two scared men. , Jack and Gene are both pretenders in my opinion....
You talk utter rubbish..THESE fighters, especially the top ones would destroy the fighters of today....these were real Men who had pride in staying on their feet, not like the majority of the fighters today who's only goal is to drum up business (money) by pretending to be angry at press meetings!!
And secondly, to even use the term 'pretenders' about Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney , My guess is YOU have never ever put on a pair of 'Gloves'!!
these true fighters would destroy the businessmen of today they put real food in a real body not manipulated garbage they were strong as hell could go 60 rounds because there psychology was so strong no one controlled there minds but them today there all sell out puppets very weak and insecure they wont even get in a ring with the best of today and you think they would get in with the best of yesterday?? no way they would be killed on the spot
These guys were true beasts! no fighter today could ever do half of what they did,and could not go even half the distance either, what fighter today can go 50+ rounds,or even 20 something rounds,they'd die in the ring first,and if they fought these guys they'd get killed in the ring by these fighters,no comparison here to them!
Your right but the thing about him was his style. Prior to this for the most part Boxing was still more of a gentlemen sport where they just stood at a distance not engaging in the way that Dempsey did which in my opinion is one of the reasons why the fights where so long. Dempsey went in there and just tried killing people and nobody had seen that style of fighting which was why he was a huge draw, and one could argue that he was the first modern pop culture in America. Sometimes the first guy over the course of time might not eventually be the best and get overshadowed by those who follow him. Your right I don't think he would do well against modern Heavyweights but they all eventually fall to somebody else. And if you watch some of his fights you can see where Mike Tyson gets his influence from him especially after the fights how he would be quick to go over to the fallen opponent after the fight, Tyson is totally imitating Dempsey when he did that especially early in his career.
This was a k.o.. 14second count. Dempsey victory.
Babe Ruth spoke fluent German.
14 seconds. Dempsey win.
Manhattan Kansas?