Incredible article written by Dempsey in the early 30's

[HOUDINI563]

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2016/09/15/archives/historical-retrospectives/in-this-corner.html

[HOUDINI563]

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2...is-corner.html

[Dempsey-Louis]

nice read, thank you for posting

[Dempsey-Louis]

[Ben Bolt]

About Dempsey, I have in my possession this old The Ring magazine of 1959 when Ingo had beaten Floyd, in which Dempsey states that Ingo is near to perfection and unbeatable, and that he will rule the heavyweight division for many years to come.

In hindsight, it’s quite funny to read. But Dempsey was definitely not alone with his analyzes. Ingo had destroyed Machen and Floyd, so he was looked on as the real thing at the time. And the one that would destroy the – to society – “malicious” Liston next.

(Actually, Ingo said that if he had won the rematch against Floyd, he wouldn’t have given Liston a title shot because of the latter’s connections to the criminal world.)

[HOUDINI563]

Ingo was undefeated, had destroyed Patterson and Floyd was highly regarded. Ingo could move and had great power in his right. Certainly can see the allure.

[QueensburyRules]

--- Ingo was limited skills, but had good timing and power in his right.

No matter, you done good posting a forgotten Dempsey gem.

Jack's fights grew big interest, but his popularity increased 10 fold after the Tunney long count. The people could finally see him as a gracious man among men and not the half wild brute Kearns promoted him as.

[Ben Bolt]

Jack's fights grew big interest, but his popularity increased 10 fold after the Tunney long count. The people could finally see him as a gracious man among men and not the half wild brute Kearns promoted him as.

Most often, a once superior champ increases his popularity by the time he begins to taste defeat.
Probably because we other become aware of that he is no superman, but a vulnerable human being, just like us.

[The Old LefHook]

As demonstrated already, Dempsey writes better than any other boxer.

[QueensburyRules]

--- Derided as a slacker in the US nancyboy few months action mopping up settled horrific history during Ww1, Jack trained soldiers in martial arts in ww2 and saw action.

He didn't have to volunteer, but that was the real war of ultimate stakes and he was scrappin'.