Dempsey Firpo Colorized

[jack p]

Hey Guess What?? Part of the thanks goes to our own Battling Nelson. He turned me on to this website . He said it was one of the best hes found. The videos i have seen so far . They are 720p or 1080p. The higher resolution makes a big difference when colorizing. I wanted to colorize this one but i assumed the quality available made it not worth the effort. This one seemed a little better so i thought i would go for it. Thanks to whoever did the fine work that i allowed this colorization Oh by the way there is no audio the removal was not intentional.

[OctoberRed]

Very nice!

[QueensburyRules]

- -don't recall any Dempsey audio ever which begs the question of the first audio fights?

Mid 30s?

[billeau2]

Hey Guess What?? Part of the thanks goes to our own Battling Nelson. He turned me on to this website . He said it was one of the best hes found. The videos i have seen so far . They are 720p or 1080p. The higher resolution makes a big difference when colorizing. I wanted to colorize this one but i assumed the quality available made it not worth the effort. This one seemed a little better so i thought i would go for it. Thanks to whoever did the fine work that i allowed this colorization Oh by the way there is no audio the removal was not intentional.

Once again, you did a wonderful job. The coloring really gives a different perspective. It makes them look more like what we are accustomed to seeing.

[billeau2]

A piece written by Tunney about Firpo and Dempsey, etc.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040301163808/http://www.genetunney.org/magazine34.html

Interesting read. Tunney was quite a writer as well as Fighter.

[Sugarj]

Absolutely brilliant work

[jack p]

- -don't recall any Dempsey audio ever which begs the question of the first audio fights?

Mid 30s?

There was no audio from the event that was recorded when this was filmed. The audio i am referring to was just like a monologue with a audience cheer track added later on

[jack p]

Thank You All

I appreciate all the nice comments. Because i dont do this just for me i do this for us . Like "Hey guys check this out"
i realize its not perfect
But i think it helps a little bit in showing with more detail whats going on as when it is just black and white some of the subtle bits of action iare obscured by shadows,

[Rusty Tromboni]

This is wonderful art work.

You've really breathed new life into these films.


Dempsey was an unparalleled puncher. Just the slightest torque and he could make a short punch so devastating.


Anyone getting into MMA should reference this footage. Dempsey was a true fighter.

[The D3vil]

So glad you did this.

One of my pet peeves is guys who think that because something is in black & white that means it wasn't as good as something today.

Man, if you brought Jack Dempsey to today and gave him a year to train like today's fighters do, he'd be a fxcking monster, who'd destroy all of those cats out there.