| 1918-02-25 | 188½ | 196 | Bill Brennan | 39 6 4 | Auditorium, Milwaukee | W-TKO | 6/10 | event bout score wiki | ||||
| "Just one man, Fred Fulton, stands today between Jack Dempsey, the shiftiest two-fisted fighter since Bob Fitzsimmons, and Jess Willard, the heavyweight champion of the world. When Dempsey fights as he fought against Bill Brennan here last night, no lesser man can stand against him. Dempsey knocked Brennan out in the sixth round, and it was a masterly piece of work. Very few fighters have taken a better licking or taken their licking better than Brennan did last night. In sixty-seven fights Brennan had not been knocked off his feet, and his record includes about forty knockouts. Dempsey had him down four times in the second round and twice in the sixth. That ought to be answer enough to the question, can Dempsey hit? Just once did Brennan's robust wallop net Dempsey for a punch that stung. Dempsey took that punch and came back fighting like a tiger. Brennan's vaunted defense crumpled like paper before Dempsey's attack and his deadly left hand could not find its mark. Dempsey punished the big Chicagoan in every round . Dempsey fought and beat Miske twice in1918 BEFORE Miske got sick.Miske scaled182 &187 lbs for those fights. Jack Dempsey won the popular decision from Billy Miske of St. Paul in a slow six-round bout here today at a Thanksgiving Day matinee. Only half a dozen hard blows were landed during the fight. There was scarcely any action in the first two rounds, but in the third Miske halted Dempsey with an uppercut to the jaw which gave him the advantage in this round. After this the bout was all in Dempsey's favor, the St. Paul man frequently holding in order to save himself from punishment." (Indianapolis Star) Morris fought Dempsey 3 times her eis the account of their 2nd fight ,in1917 Jack Dempsey 198 lbs beat Carl Morris 226 lbs by DQ in round 6 of 10
The Spokane Daily Chronicle reported: "Morris was disqualified after six rounds of fighting, the referee making his decision after Morris had been warned several times for hitting low. Dempsey had all the better of the bout with Morris and was in line for a knockout when the bout was stopped. Dempsey punished Morris and had his opponent groggy when the referee stepped between the fighters." Morris at 226lbs outweighed Dempsey by28lbs. That year [1917]Morris beat Fulton and Moran. The previous year he had beaten,Levinsky,Ross,Smith.and Pelkey Levinsky lost to Dempsey in1918,Dempsey becoming the first man to stop him Levinsky had beaten; Weinert Coffey Madden And drawn with Brennan earlier that year. Dempsey, at185lbs had 10 lbs on Levinsky. Rather different to the huge weight advantages Jeffries enjoyed that I listed and you understandably do not wish to discuss! Carpentier? He had won the white heavyweight title by beating Smith flooring him along the way. As well as being the White Heavyweight Champion,he was the European Champion and the reining Light Heavyweight Champion,any reason why Dempsey should not defend against him? Should he , like Jeffries have looked around for a 39years old 2 years retired opponent.[Fitz ,]he outweighed by41 lbs ? Or a nobody, [Finnegan], whose record was 4-2-4, whom he outweighed by 60lbs and who had been ko'd in 4 rds in his previous fight? Or how about a novice Jack Munroe type 7-2-0? Your'e a hypocrite of the first order do you know that? Fulton? Fulton was considered the number 1 challenger to Willard 6'6" 41-6-1 record ,**** in his prime.Dempsey took him out in seconds! At 208 , he had 20 lbs on Dempsey. Firpo? He had 24lbs on Dempsey hit like a truck and had beaten Willard,Weinert,& Brennan He had Dempsey down twice,hardly "multiple times," as you stated! Slagging off Dempsey for fighting some lighter men when your idol Jeffries made a career out of beating them up, and attacking Dempsey for not defending against Wills ,conveniently ignoring the fact that Jeffries refused to defend against black challengers! Yes blatant hypocrisy! |
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