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Interesting article by Dempsey April 26, 1926.
I intend to defend my title in September, even if I have to stage the bout myself or fight one of my own sparring partners. There has been a good deal of talk about the heavyweight situation in recent months. Promoters have bobbed here and there who made a lot of talk about staging a fight for big money, but when it came to putting up the guarantee, none of them was able to deliver.
I’m frank to state that I am disgusted with the situation. The first real fight that comes along, I don’t care who it is with, I’ll take it. I have been running around the country, seeing first one promoter and then another, without having any luck, and I have about made up my mind that I will quit worrying about it.
Tex Rickard, I understand, is on his way to see me. We will probably meet in El Paso. I expect him to make me an offer for a Tunney fight, as I know that he is not interested in a Wills match. If he does so, I will gather possible that the papers, at least my share of them, will be signed right here in El Paso.
It makes no difference to me whether I fight Willis or Tunney first, so long as I get a fight.
When I leave here Monday afternoon for Asheville, N.C. I will probably take Tillie Kid Herman with me. The El Paso boy is fast and a tough puncher – just the type of man that I need in my camp at present.
We will work for one month in Hendersonville, a little town outside of Asheville. George carpenter will have his camp there at the same time. By the end of the training period, I expect to be in the best condition of my life.
I intend to defend my title in September, even if I have to stage the bout myself or fight one of my own sparring partners. There has been a good deal of talk about the heavyweight situation in recent months. Promoters have bobbed here and there who made a lot of talk about staging a fight for big money, but when it came to putting up the guarantee, none of them was able to deliver.
I’m frank to state that I am disgusted with the situation. The first real fight that comes along, I don’t care who it is with, I’ll take it. I have been running around the country, seeing first one promoter and then another, without having any luck, and I have about made up my mind that I will quit worrying about it.
Tex Rickard, I understand, is on his way to see me. We will probably meet in El Paso. I expect him to make me an offer for a Tunney fight, as I know that he is not interested in a Wills match. If he does so, I will gather possible that the papers, at least my share of them, will be signed right here in El Paso.
It makes no difference to me whether I fight Willis or Tunney first, so long as I get a fight.
When I leave here Monday afternoon for Asheville, N.C. I will probably take Tillie Kid Herman with me. The El Paso boy is fast and a tough puncher – just the type of man that I need in my camp at present.
We will work for one month in Hendersonville, a little town outside of Asheville. George carpenter will have his camp there at the same time. By the end of the training period, I expect to be in the best condition of my life.