Randyman 03/28/2007
This fight took place in 1923, the same year my father was born, so it is a little before my time. Still, from a historical standpoint, Dempsey is my favorite fighter, and was my childhood idol. Along with Marvin Hagler vs. Tommy Hearns and George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle, Dempsey vs Firpo is one of the most brutal fights in Boxings history, with three minutes and fifty seven seconds of pure savagery. Dempsey was knocked out of the ring by a series of punches from Firpo and into the laps of several sportswriters. At least ten people have claimed to help Dempsey back into the ring, helping him to beat the count.. This is the fight that caused the neutral corner rule to be implemented after a knockdown. The same rule that Dempsey ignored, in the heat of battle, several years later when fighting Gene Tunney (The Long Count). Dempseys failure to go to the neutral corner delayed referee Dave Barry by several seconds, giving Tunney time to recover and giving birth to arguably the biggest and most famous (or infamous) controversy in boxing
This fight took place in 1923, the same year my father was born, so it is a little before my time. Still, from a historical standpoint, Dempsey is my favorite fighter, and was my childhood idol.
Along with Marvin Hagler vs. Tommy Hearns and George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle, Dempsey vs Firpo is one of the most brutal fights in Boxings history, with three minutes and fifty seven seconds of pure savagery. Dempsey was knocked out of the ring by a series of punches from Firpo and into the laps of several sportswriters. At least ten people have claimed to help Dempsey back into the ring, helping him to beat the count..
This is the fight that caused the neutral corner rule to be implemented after a knockdown. The same rule that Dempsey ignored, in the heat of battle, several years later when fighting Gene Tunney (The Long Count). Dempseys failure to go to the neutral corner delayed referee Dave Barry by several seconds, giving Tunney time to recover and giving birth to arguably the biggest and most famous (or infamous) controversy in boxing
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TheEvilSaintEv an 08/29/2003
two sluggers, slugging it out in a slugfest that goes down in history as one of the best fights in history. they just went after each other like a couple of mad dogs. dempsey knocked firpo down, firpo knocked dempsey down. and firpo landed a haymaker that sent dempsey right thru the ropes! dempsey would not have won this fight if it hadnt been for some sports writers helping him back in the ring, but dempsey came back none the less. 57 seconds into the second round dempsey knocks down firpo for the ninth and final time, retaining his title and ending one of the greatest fights of his career, and a fist-fight to be remembered.
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