Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting:
http://www.freecirclefighting.com/jdbook.pdf
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Nice post, NinjaKiller, thanks for the JManly link.
Here's an interesting link comparing and contrasting old-time bare-knuckle boxing techniques with modern gloved boxing techniques. Worth a read if you're really interested in this stuff.:
From Bare-Knuckles to Modern Boxing
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Very clear film of Dempsey-Willard (can download preview clip.)
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Jack Dempsey: To Victory.
YouTube - Jack Dempsey: To Victory
Dempsey Slideshow:
YouTube - Jack Dempsey Slideshow
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Dempsey's best was
1918 to 1921, and his most destructive year, 1918 as a contender, went unfilmed. The Tunney fights were 1926 and '27.
Gene Tunney,1952- "
Jack was no wild slugger.He was an extremely clever fusion of fighter and boxer..Gibbons was one of the all-time great boxers.Yet Gibbons could not outscore Dempsey..Unable to reach this clever opponent with a knockout punch,he(Dempsey) was still a fine enough combination of fighter and boxer to outscore him all the way."
Folks often wrongfully chalk Dempsey up nowadays as a 1-dimensional slugger based on a handful of films, most of them when he was past his prime.
I think he's one of the greatest fighters who ever lived.
It's been a pleasure talking boxing here, fellas.