Labor Day 1920

[Willie Pep 229]

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Labor Day 1920

[Willie Pep 229]

$50 Ringside seat translates into $800 today.

Not unrealistic for HW fight today. Not a mega fight price but not a mega fight.

[Willie Pep 229]

I always liked that Dempsey took care of his friends, Fitzsimmons and Miske, by giving them his first defense.

And that they gave an 'at the end' Sam Langford one last decent payday?

Dempsey had an admiration for Langford that he expressed often.

Using Dempsey's sparing partner Big Bill Tate as the opponent they could protect Langford from taking a beating.

P.S. Fitzsimmons and Dempsey seemed to have been good people. Kearns and Rickard not so much.

[Ivich]

I always liked that Dempsey took care of his friends, Fitzsimmons and Miske, by giving them his first defense.

And that they gave an 'at the end' Sam Langford one last decent payday?

Dempsey had an admiration for Langford that he expressed often.

Using Dempsey's sparing partner Big Bill Tate as the opponent they could protect Langford from taking a beating.

P.S. Fitzsimmons and Dempsey seemed to have been good people. Kearns and Rickard not so much.

Dempsey boxed two exhibitions for Langford and contributed financially to a couple of other benefits for him.

[Dr. Z]

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Labor Day 1920

Boy if the films of that event were still around for that event! Miske when he was not sick form bright disease was a good fighter, say a top 120 heavyweight of all time. For a while he was a top 5 heavyweight in the late 1910's - early 1920's He holds win over Gibbons, Dillion, Levinsky and hotly disputed draws with Jack Dempsey and Harry Greb.