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Dempsey would fight Sudenberg twice again and eventually return the pleasure and knock him out.
One month before his first encounter with Sudenberg Dempsey had fought Emmanuel Campell in Reno, Nevada. The Reno Evening Gazette wrote about that match, “Emmanuel Campbell, a big colored fighter, took an awful beating from Jack Dempsey and finally quit cold after running to avoid punishment. He fell to the floor in the fourth round after turning his back and running half-way around the ring. After taking the count of eight he got off his knees and when Dempsey made another rush at him dropped back to the floor. Referee Moore promptly declared Dempsey the winner. Dempsey showed great cleverness and aggressiveness and has a punch with either hand that makes him a dangerous opponent.”
Another episode of Dempsey’s early fighting career was his bout with John Lester Johnson on the 14th of July in 1916. The match was held at the Harlem Sporting Club in New York and had been arranged by promoter John Reisler (nicknamed “John the Barber” because he possessed a barber store). During the fight John Lester Johnson would hit Dempsey’s body so hard the he suffered three broken ribs. Dempsey managed to go the distance of 10 rounds with his last ounce of strength. Before the fight Dempsey was promised to received 25 percent of the receipt of 500 dollars. As he only got 35 dollars he took John Reisler to task about the missing 90 dollars. When Reisler claimed that he payed off old debts Dempsey professedly had with a former promoter of his Dempsey was both, speechless and helpless.
By that time William Harisson Dempsey had abandoned his old nickname “Kid Blackie” and adopted the name of “Jack Dempsey” who was a famous middleweight of Irish ancestry and fought between 1883 and 1895. Dempsey himself had Irish ancestors. Soon he dedicated his whole life to the sport he loved and fed from. Through watching other fighters and growing experience the autodidact Dempsey invented a new fighting style. His common fighting stance became famous as the “Dempsey-Crouch”. He would march forward crouched and present as small as possible space to be hit. Out of this defensive shell he would unleash his furious punches, mostly in combinations.
Dempsey did not drink or smoke. He chew self-collected pine nuts because he thought that the grinding work of his teeth would strengthen his jaw and therefore help him to withstand more punishment in the ring. In addition he dipped his hands into salt water because an old fighter told him that this procedure would strenghten the skin.
Dempsey would fight Sudenberg twice again and eventually return the pleasure and knock him out.
One month before his first encounter with Sudenberg Dempsey had fought Emmanuel Campell in Reno, Nevada. The Reno Evening Gazette wrote about that match, “Emmanuel Campbell, a big colored fighter, took an awful beating from Jack Dempsey and finally quit cold after running to avoid punishment. He fell to the floor in the fourth round after turning his back and running half-way around the ring. After taking the count of eight he got off his knees and when Dempsey made another rush at him dropped back to the floor. Referee Moore promptly declared Dempsey the winner. Dempsey showed great cleverness and aggressiveness and has a punch with either hand that makes him a dangerous opponent.”
Another episode of Dempsey’s early fighting career was his bout with John Lester Johnson on the 14th of July in 1916. The match was held at the Harlem Sporting Club in New York and had been arranged by promoter John Reisler (nicknamed “John the Barber” because he possessed a barber store). During the fight John Lester Johnson would hit Dempsey’s body so hard the he suffered three broken ribs. Dempsey managed to go the distance of 10 rounds with his last ounce of strength. Before the fight Dempsey was promised to received 25 percent of the receipt of 500 dollars. As he only got 35 dollars he took John Reisler to task about the missing 90 dollars. When Reisler claimed that he payed off old debts Dempsey professedly had with a former promoter of his Dempsey was both, speechless and helpless.
By that time William Harisson Dempsey had abandoned his old nickname “Kid Blackie” and adopted the name of “Jack Dempsey” who was a famous middleweight of Irish ancestry and fought between 1883 and 1895. Dempsey himself had Irish ancestors. Soon he dedicated his whole life to the sport he loved and fed from. Through watching other fighters and growing experience the autodidact Dempsey invented a new fighting style. His common fighting stance became famous as the “Dempsey-Crouch”. He would march forward crouched and present as small as possible space to be hit. Out of this defensive shell he would unleash his furious punches, mostly in combinations.
Dempsey did not drink or smoke. He chew self-collected pine nuts because he thought that the grinding work of his teeth would strengthen his jaw and therefore help him to withstand more punishment in the ring. In addition he dipped his hands into salt water because an old fighter told him that this procedure would strenghten the skin.
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