Dempsey Tunney FOTC.

[Willie Pep 229]

- -Only Fights of the Century I knew of were Jeffries/JJOHNSON that was a dud because of Jeffries 6 yrs rust,and then Ali/Frazier that delivered in spades, and then PAC/May that managed to be a bigger dud than JJ/JJ for to many reasons to bother with other than being 6 yrs past it's prime.

What about Louis-Schmeling II ?

Then again maybe not.

Maybe a 'fight of the century' should only be about boxing and the anticipation of the fight itself. Louis-Schmeling II was profoundly important but only half so because of the anticipation of the fight itself, the other half political. So maybe not.

It looks as though there are considerably more 'trials of the century' than there are fights.

Was there enough to make Louis-Conn II a disappointing "fight of the century" ?

[QueensburyRules]

What about Louis-Schmeling II ?

Then again maybe not.

Maybe a 'fight of the century' should only be about boxing and the anticipation of the fight itself. Louis-Schmeling II was profoundly important but only half so because of the anticipation of the fight itself, the other half political. So maybe not.

It looks as though there are considerably more 'trials of the century' than there are fights.

Was there enough to make Louis-Conn II a disappointing "fight of the century" ?

- -Don't recall FOTC being saddled on Louis/Schmeling 2.

That was a fight for all of humanity hanging in the balance, and much credit to Schmeling who probably didn't understand all manifestations of that any more than Louis until the last days before the fight.

Got a great personal story of their first fight by a then kid delivering papers in the dark of early AM after that fight.

Some black teens roaming around looking for whitey to beat up after the fight caught him.

Imagine 10 yr old in those days being suddenly grabbed up by an angry mob ready to tear him apart, but he being just a kid innocently soothed their savage rage and let him go with a good story for the rest of his life with everyone wiser for the experience.