LOL at the folks who think Tyson would've stood a chance against Dempsey. Jack's speed and absolutely brutal left hook would make short work of Tyson.
Wooow! Thats not pretty to watch! If only Jess stayed down he wouldnt have sufferes such terrible injuries. BUT rules back then were utterly stupid. Those rules completely prevented and neutralized any objectivity of one or the other boxer´s knowledge and superiority. This was gambling!! Translation: one boxer landed a lucky hit and got the privilege to beat the other one for the rest of the day. Simple as that. It was kinda unfair, dont you think, people?
If you watch this thinking of modern rules, you will tend to be ashamed of it. Of course the rules at that time were not the same as today. Willard gets knocked down at least 3 times the same round, there were no neutral corner, the referee didn't even check if Willard could continue fighting.
LMAO jesus christ, damn so basically if u got knocked down, your were fukd, the little guy was up his ass every time he got up, he had no chance to breath lmao
@DeejayReAKT805 Real men box? This fight was ass, some big ass chump who had no business with a world title was getting schooled by Jack Dempsey who just kept throwing wild punches and landing all of them.
@YoungDrizzle215 what you think this was the only dempsey fight where he was really trying to fight? The old timers where there to fight not dance around and get paid! Boxing sucks now cuz no one wants to fight! just take a dive and get paid!
@dennisbudasz123123 1. He beat an old jack johnson who reports say was winning the fight until he couldn't go anymore in the really late rounds.
2. When you are that big and un-skilled, you can get hit with anything. Dempsey was not fighting a smart fight at all this time, he went in there and utterly threw until he destroyed that guy.
This was a disgraceful fight, with the ref allowing Dempsey to pummel Willard several times in R1 when he was trying to rise to his feet after a knockdown. Thank God the rules changed after this bout to have the fighter move to a neutral corner in the event of a knockdown. The ref should have ended the fight sooner as well. Willard was age 37 at this point and hadn't fought in 3 years so he was too out of condition to make a decent match against a finely-tuned fighting machine that Dempsey.
@musiclover59 "Willard fought several times over the next four years, but made only one official title defense prior to 1919, defeating Frank Moran on March 25, 1916, at Madison Square Garden."
We're taught by the politics of today's wimpified standards that speed is they main key but instinct and natural talent are still what makes a true athlete.You see the boxers today talk about he couldn't handle my speed and go 12 rounds doing a dance.I miss the extra 3 rounds that separated the men from the boy wannabe's;none of these boxers today would even choose to box if they had to go 15 rounds and really fight with less rules.
Check out Dempsey's arms & shoulders in proportion to the rest of his upper body, clearly the signs of a puncher. Where ever Jack whent, he would bring an asswhooping with him.
Klitschkos behave yourselfs, klitsckos in them days would of been destroyed and wouldn't be looked upon as tough guys you dont understand in Dempsey's day it was fight for your life survival win or "die trying" today its fight for your money, Jack Dempsey's one of the all time greats like Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis,Joe Fraizer,George Foreman.and Ali.
Dempsey was like a mongoose for the first minute of that first round and then he just lets those hands go and crashes blow after blow into Willard's face. Jess has to be one of the bravest, and toughest, souls to continue to get up throughout that first round. What a beating.
I like Dempsey but I don't see the skill in this. Of course, there's probably some boxing historian blinded by nostalgia and the bygone days who would say, "you just don't see it kid." however, it all just seems crude and amateurish (both the fighters and the ref who let Dempsey all but suckerpunch a less than composed Willard who was still keeled over from a knockdown). Willard has no jab, allowing Dempsey to just shove his way inside. The Klitchko Bros would eat Dempsey alive.
@bizmonkey007 its like comparing pele or best to a modern football player. they arent as good technically or physically but for their time, they were waaaayyy ahead! just like our grandchildren will not see all the fuss about a roy jones jr etc.
@bizmonkey007 When you get a guy that's 6'7" and 260 lbs down you take every advantage of keeping him down. And since they weren't exactly exercising the neutral corner rule I wonder what you or I would have done differently from Dempsey. I know I would have hit that giant of a man as soon as those knees left the mat every time.
@koneeetje oh its simple. If you don't want to get hit while getting back up, then don't get knocked the fuck down. The athlete who manages the upper hand can capitalize on his success. It is a less forgiving contest of athletes, with larger consequences for failure.
Yes, that is sport. Now the subsequent rounds are harder to call sport. But the champ insisted on continuing, so it would have been insulting for Dempsey to have held back. I suppose I don't expect everyone to understand.
@tonylaf123 Because there wasn't a standing 8 back then, nor was there a rule that Dempsey was supposed to go to a neutral corner. If you were to be knocked down in that era, your opponent was allowed to stand near you while you tried to get up. The second you were on your feet, you were allowed to get hit.
nice head but by Dempsey, @1:39 and got away with it. I enjoy the beaten that Willard, receives. We all kkknow Jack Johnson, was paid off to be dropped by this large dopy and unskilled Willard. Because their wasn't a single white hope around.
@kadees21 are you retarded? these guys was men. boxers these days are pussies. boxing was different in these days. these guys fought 20-50 rds in a night then went to work the next day. ali was stupid arrogant punk. tyson would kill ali. dempsey in todays boxing wouldnt do great but any boxer today fought dempsey under these rules would lose.
@kadees21 What I'm saying is boxing is developed into something more than just throwing fists of fury. There is a science and strategy behind it. And fr that reason a guy like Dempsey would get knocked out. And another thing, I thought it was kind of unfair that Willard was getting punched before he had time to gather himself, I mean he was barely on his feet!
willard is the toughest person on the that has ever lived. and dempsey is the hardest puncher of all time. what i would pay to see tyson in his prime take on dempsey in his prime. it would be a war.
@MikeArpeggio345 I have great respect for Jack Dempsey, but his power and speed were nothing compared to Tyson's in his prime. Boxing evolved greatly between Dempsey's era and Tyson's, with Tyson being by far more sophisticated (in addition to faster and stronger.) Even if Dempsey had a chance to train in the modern ways from the beginning of his career, I still think Tyson would have crushed him. Again, I say this with respect to Dempsey but I just don't see him winning against Tyson.
@number9scheme Tyson?...he was KO'd by Buster Douglas...he quit against a past his prime Holyfield by biting his ear because he was getting his ass handed to him...a prime Dempsey would kick Tyson's ass....he has no heart...he's never gotten off the canvas to win a fight...as most all of the greats have done...
@MrTamzah74 people respect dempsey because he fought in a time where a penny was worth 20 dollars, in a time when people didnt loaf around like today. jack dempsey earned his name because he went from a nobody to a legend in the times of the great depression.
@MrTamzah74 Are you serious? That guy who "couldn't even compete in today's Heavyweight wasteland" was taller and weighed more than Tyson. And you're right to call boxing today a "wasteland". Tyson bit off a guys fucking ear. That's not boxing, thats disgraceful. That's why people dismiss his successes. Besides, even Muhammed Ali was questioned during his career, people said his opponent threw the fight because it was over so fast. It happens, it probably happened to Dempsey too, get over it.
Dempsey climbed his way to the title fighting his far share of quality oppostion on the way up. Opponents such as Bill Brennan, Billy Miske, Carl Morris, Fred Fulton were top notch contenders on the way up and they were in there prime.
I've seen most of the great fights: Fight of the Century, Thrilla in Manila, Rumble in the Jungle, The Sound and the Fury, Sunshine Showdown, etc. etc., but this was the first one for me that was truly hard to watch.
this is more entertaining then modern boxing...although a I believe there is no reason to go until you are loosing teeth...that kind of stuff can ruin lives
of course you won't see a fight like this, it shouldve been over after the 3rd knock down, lol. he wasn't even all the way up n he hit him again, then he was holding on the ropes n he hit him again, just lack of rules n counting, thats why youll never see it like this again, lol.
@bphatboyjohn123 No third down rule existed at the time. No neutral corner rule. The rule was once both knees left the canvas you could resume punching. He really didn't break the rules here, just beat Willard's ass.
@ChrisKoch1989 well i meant cuz after the 3rd time, he was too out of it, not cuz he got knocked down 3 straight times, n i know he prob. didnn't break any rules, i was just saying of course u won't see a fight this brutal n crazy anymore because of the rules now,
jack hand wraps were rumors to be soakedin plaster..which jess in laters years said this was true, jacks camp did this because jack was afraid of big jess
Talk about a bloody beating in a lop-sided matchup. Willard had the advantage and still had his head pummeled. They should have called this in round 2.
@darthrhom Thats a bit like saying Tyson retired before fighting Ali, there is about 40yrs between this fight and Marciano retiring in 1956. Tho' I think Dempsey in his prime against Marciano would have been one hell of a fight.
How can you just hover right over a dude that just got knocked down and throw haymakers on him before he even fully stands up?? I mean Dempsey was clearly gonna knock the shit out of him anyway but to me that was a total bitch move.
@ksizzle1016 That was allowed back then, a common practice. The rule that sent a boxer to a neutral corner when he knocked his opponent down wasn't introduced until 7 years later, and I personally believe beatdowns like this one are the reason that rule was put in place.
4:09 is pretty sick.
BigEdDunkel 5 days ago
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." - Jack Dempsey
Hater999999999 1 week ago 5
2:40 Execution
progressivemetal4evr 2 weeks ago
LOL at the folks who think Tyson would've stood a chance against Dempsey. Jack's speed and absolutely brutal left hook would make short work of Tyson.
dner75 2 weeks ago
Damn he took a MF beatinh thats better than Rocky Balboa lol
ab63271 2 weeks ago
oh yeah..... did they only sell 1 hat back in the 20s or what?
bmf717 2 weeks ago
oh man, jess willard just taught me how to take a beating
bmf717 2 weeks ago
Willard was a beast. To take a beating like that and from Jack Dempsey no less and still get up time after time...it takes courage and heart.
mittinedkitten 2 weeks ago
Wooow! Thats not pretty to watch! If only Jess stayed down he wouldnt have sufferes such terrible injuries. BUT rules back then were utterly stupid. Those rules completely prevented and neutralized any objectivity of one or the other boxer´s knowledge and superiority. This was gambling!! Translation: one boxer landed a lucky hit and got the privilege to beat the other one for the rest of the day. Simple as that. It was kinda unfair, dont you think, people?
001Broadway 3 weeks ago
what an ass hole beating his opponent from behind
danny90099 1 month ago
@danny90099 Rules were different in the past mate.
kingoftheironham 4 weeks ago
if mike tyson was to fight dempsey he would destroy him within 5 seconds
grimbomufc09 1 month ago
If you watch this thinking of modern rules, you will tend to be ashamed of it. Of course the rules at that time were not the same as today. Willard gets knocked down at least 3 times the same round, there were no neutral corner, the referee didn't even check if Willard could continue fighting.
A brutal beating, awful to watch.
huracan200173 1 month ago
DEMPSEY ROLL
11TonzJAM11 1 month ago
Man that's what you call having an off day!
yard1sale1dale 1 month ago
Can you imagine how boxing would change overnight if you had to take a free hit to the stomach every time you were caught holding?
yard1sale1dale 1 month ago
jack dempsey in my opinion in my opinion the best irish boxer of all time time
xXiRaZzoRXx 1 month ago
@xXiRaZzoRXx native american irishmen
Badboy4you1911 1 month ago
LMAO jesus christ, damn so basically if u got knocked down, your were fukd, the little guy was up his ass every time he got up, he had no chance to breath lmao
JoeBlow914 1 month ago
It seems 1 person would wanna see Floyd mayweather dance around for 30 minutes than see real men box!
DeejayReAKT805 1 month ago
@DeejayReAKT805 Real men box? This fight was ass, some big ass chump who had no business with a world title was getting schooled by Jack Dempsey who just kept throwing wild punches and landing all of them.
YoungDrizzle215 1 month ago
@YoungDrizzle215 what you think this was the only dempsey fight where he was really trying to fight? The old timers where there to fight not dance around and get paid! Boxing sucks now cuz no one wants to fight! just take a dive and get paid!
DeejayReAKT805 1 month ago 5
@YoungDrizzle215
1.That "Big ass chump" beat Jack Johnson
So "He has no business" is bullshit and everyone knows it.
2.No "Wild Punches" can land THAT many times.
3.This fight was epic.
dennisbudasz123123 3 weeks ago
@dennisbudasz123123 1. He beat an old jack johnson who reports say was winning the fight until he couldn't go anymore in the really late rounds.
2. When you are that big and un-skilled, you can get hit with anything. Dempsey was not fighting a smart fight at all this time, he went in there and utterly threw until he destroyed that guy.
YoungDrizzle215 3 weeks ago
You'd have to go to Cambodia these days to see something this brutal.
raydempsey 2 months ago
Hajime no ipp took me here.
MidnightLuffy 2 months ago
was there any other boxing match which smaller boxer beat the bigger boxer?
lunovintoys 2 months ago
The ref must have hated Williard's guts to not stop the fight.
mrceebees14 2 months ago
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mrceebees14 2 months ago
This was a disgraceful fight, with the ref allowing Dempsey to pummel Willard several times in R1 when he was trying to rise to his feet after a knockdown. Thank God the rules changed after this bout to have the fighter move to a neutral corner in the event of a knockdown. The ref should have ended the fight sooner as well. Willard was age 37 at this point and hadn't fought in 3 years so he was too out of condition to make a decent match against a finely-tuned fighting machine that Dempsey.
musiclover59 2 months ago
@musiclover59 Yes he had, he fought during the entire time but he only made one title defense in 1916 before then.
adrenacrumb 1 month ago
@musiclover59 "Willard fought several times over the next four years, but made only one official title defense prior to 1919, defeating Frank Moran on March 25, 1916, at Madison Square Garden."
Talking about him after beating Johnson.
adrenacrumb 1 month ago
best left hook of all time, until Joe Fraizer...
vitorbelfort 2 months ago
@vitorbelfort i gotta disagree. until floyd patterson (then joe frazier)
jamok3 1 month ago
@jamok3 ya, good point.
vitorbelfort 1 month ago
I knew boxing was way more brutal back then, but this is something else.
Jovenza2 2 months ago
damn...rules back then suck. they just let u go bhind your opponent and punch them while theyre down
Jet03 2 months ago
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DasIstMeinKampyCouch 2 months ago
Those were the days.That announcer is awesome.
blutobelushi 2 months ago
Jack is my favorite ever.He was a gentleman and a killer.
blutobelushi 2 months ago
We're taught by the politics of today's wimpified standards that speed is they main key but instinct and natural talent are still what makes a true athlete.You see the boxers today talk about he couldn't handle my speed and go 12 rounds doing a dance.I miss the extra 3 rounds that separated the men from the boy wannabe's;none of these boxers today would even choose to box if they had to go 15 rounds and really fight with less rules.
EBBadd1 2 months ago
Dempsey Roll!
WJNEWTON1 2 months ago
Check out Dempsey's arms & shoulders in proportion to the rest of his upper body, clearly the signs of a puncher. Where ever Jack whent, he would bring an asswhooping with him.
speddyg 2 months ago
@speddyg he has a book on his techniques too that i heard was amazing
xaustinbnrx 2 months ago
Haha hajime no ippo and Dempsey - 3
votballer 2 months ago
hajime no ippo brought me here
TheShamanking44 2 months ago
Klitschkos behave yourselfs, klitsckos in them days would of been destroyed and wouldn't be looked upon as tough guys you dont understand in Dempsey's day it was fight for your life survival win or "die trying" today its fight for your money, Jack Dempsey's one of the all time greats like Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis,Joe Fraizer,George Foreman.and Ali.
TheIrish1888 3 months ago
fuckin retard ref
CrashBandikoot7 3 months ago
Christ, I have a toaster that records in better quality.
Robert01854 3 months ago
Dempsey never fought a black guy. So... he's kind of a phony.
TheBrindleBoxer 3 months ago
@TheBrindleBoxer Dempsey wasn't no phony.
brooder9000 3 months ago
@TheBrindleBoxer he fought a lot of black guys, but just not in his title defences...
rishimurali1996 1 month ago
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Demsey would go to jail nowadays for that
stoenyce 3 months ago
Dempsey was like a mongoose for the first minute of that first round and then he just lets those hands go and crashes blow after blow into Willard's face. Jess has to be one of the bravest, and toughest, souls to continue to get up throughout that first round. What a beating.
Proverbs1533 3 months ago in playlist Heavyweight Boxing History (1)
Half a dozen teeth?
crenge 3 months ago
I like Dempsey but I don't see the skill in this. Of course, there's probably some boxing historian blinded by nostalgia and the bygone days who would say, "you just don't see it kid." however, it all just seems crude and amateurish (both the fighters and the ref who let Dempsey all but suckerpunch a less than composed Willard who was still keeled over from a knockdown). Willard has no jab, allowing Dempsey to just shove his way inside. The Klitchko Bros would eat Dempsey alive.
bizmonkey007 3 months ago
@bizmonkey007 its like comparing pele or best to a modern football player. they arent as good technically or physically but for their time, they were waaaayyy ahead! just like our grandchildren will not see all the fuss about a roy jones jr etc.
uponmysoapbox1 3 months ago
@uponmysoapbox1 Yes... Totally agree with you...
sootzanyaw 3 months ago
@bizmonkey007 When you get a guy that's 6'7" and 260 lbs down you take every advantage of keeping him down. And since they weren't exactly exercising the neutral corner rule I wonder what you or I would have done differently from Dempsey. I know I would have hit that giant of a man as soon as those knees left the mat every time.
Proverbs1533 3 months ago in playlist Heavyweight Boxing History (1)
@bizmonkey007 of course the klitschkos would beat dempsey. this is nearly a century ago you moron.
ryanwegner2010 3 months ago
Like 99% of everybody in this video is dead now!
Wondermouth1 3 months ago
@Wondermouth1 I believe 100% of the people are dead. Unless some 120 year old is hanging out somewhere lol.
slvrstnthb 3 months ago
boardwalk empire
thedefog 3 months ago
Boardwalk Empire did brought me here!
badrastafara 3 months ago
Mans247 haha boardwalk empire did bring me here
222022200 4 months ago
Every member of the audience is wearing the same hat.
d0nramon 4 months ago
Thumbs up if Boardwalk Empire brought you here
mans247 4 months ago 2
02:40 the DempseyRoll
Sorour80s 4 months ago
@koneeetje oh its simple. If you don't want to get hit while getting back up, then don't get knocked the fuck down. The athlete who manages the upper hand can capitalize on his success. It is a less forgiving contest of athletes, with larger consequences for failure.
Yes, that is sport. Now the subsequent rounds are harder to call sport. But the champ insisted on continuing, so it would have been insulting for Dempsey to have held back. I suppose I don't expect everyone to understand.
bk3k 4 months ago
That's awesome, he did the Dempsey roll.
JinKid 4 months ago
God you have give Jess some respect....dude has some heart getting up that much...
TimGXR750 4 months ago
Man what an ass whooping...Dude was No Joke
TimGXR750 4 months ago
If only they had High Definition cameras back then.
1966RWB 4 months ago 29
@1966RWB I got a better idea: "if only I could go back in time".
speddyg 2 months ago
@1966RWB your right...would have loved to see some of the old time fighters in high definition
lennydylan 2 months ago
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Ronnock 4 months ago
That is because this commentary was done after the fight took place.
roybumgardner 4 months ago 7
1 person was beaten to death.
saltino89 4 months ago
This looks more like rape then a fight....
killrickroll2920 4 months ago
@killrickroll2920 LOL
ChuckyDoll10 4 months ago
that is hilariously humiliating how they wouldn't let them stand back up in those old fights.
flametard 4 months ago
Damn everybody has the same hat
racecar504 4 months ago 3
every one in the backgrounds wearing hats
alonelypigu 4 months ago
the ORIGINAL TKO! <3 Dempsey was the definition of a BEAST!
SwaggGoesDeff 4 months ago
Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard - WOW
TheChristJesus1 4 months ago
he didnt wait for him to take back the fighting stance, why?
tonylaf123 5 months ago
@tonylaf123 Because there wasn't a standing 8 back then, nor was there a rule that Dempsey was supposed to go to a neutral corner. If you were to be knocked down in that era, your opponent was allowed to stand near you while you tried to get up. The second you were on your feet, you were allowed to get hit.
HammerOfNul 5 months ago
everyone in the crowd is wearing the same thing..
Demian164 5 months ago
nice head but by Dempsey, @1:39 and got away with it. I enjoy the beaten that Willard, receives. We all kkknow Jack Johnson, was paid off to be dropped by this large dopy and unskilled Willard. Because their wasn't a single white hope around.
MrEdlgar 5 months ago
@MrEdlgar why would johnson beat willard for 27 rounds to take a dive? willard was 35-40 here and hadnt had a fight for 5ish years.
MrLukedanger 4 months ago
What kind of boxing match is this, the guy is defenseless and the ref allows Dempsey to hit him. Where people in that era retarded?
Muhammed Ali was right when he said "Jack Dempsey is a joke." He wouldn't survive against boxers 40 or 50 years after his era of fighting.
kadees21 5 months ago
@kadees21 are you retarded? these guys was men. boxers these days are pussies. boxing was different in these days. these guys fought 20-50 rds in a night then went to work the next day. ali was stupid arrogant punk. tyson would kill ali. dempsey in todays boxing wouldnt do great but any boxer today fought dempsey under these rules would lose.
okiematt48 5 months ago
@kadees21 What I'm saying is boxing is developed into something more than just throwing fists of fury. There is a science and strategy behind it. And fr that reason a guy like Dempsey would get knocked out. And another thing, I thought it was kind of unfair that Willard was getting punched before he had time to gather himself, I mean he was barely on his feet!
kadees21 5 months ago
@kadees21 That is boxing before even the joe louis and rocky marciano era.Just saying.
SoulBloodJVL 4 months ago
I think Larry Merchant is the commentator.
stargate121 5 months ago
willard is the toughest person on the that has ever lived. and dempsey is the hardest puncher of all time. what i would pay to see tyson in his prime take on dempsey in his prime. it would be a war.
MikeArpeggio345 5 months ago
@MikeArpeggio345 I have great respect for Jack Dempsey, but his power and speed were nothing compared to Tyson's in his prime. Boxing evolved greatly between Dempsey's era and Tyson's, with Tyson being by far more sophisticated (in addition to faster and stronger.) Even if Dempsey had a chance to train in the modern ways from the beginning of his career, I still think Tyson would have crushed him. Again, I say this with respect to Dempsey but I just don't see him winning against Tyson.
number9scheme 3 months ago
@number9scheme Tyson?...he was KO'd by Buster Douglas...he quit against a past his prime Holyfield by biting his ear because he was getting his ass handed to him...a prime Dempsey would kick Tyson's ass....he has no heart...he's never gotten off the canvas to win a fight...as most all of the greats have done...
beatlejim64 2 months ago
No hugging and kissing in this fight. Must be that evolution thing.
1899sharkey 5 months ago
ref wanted willard to die
quickchaos2009 5 months ago
And so the TKO was born...
crowley0312 5 months ago 28
i cant believe he survived O.O
joetheazl 5 months ago
@MrTamzah74 You say that, but look how he charges his punches. That's talent.
Nanaman12345 6 months ago
@MrTamzah74 people respect dempsey because he fought in a time where a penny was worth 20 dollars, in a time when people didnt loaf around like today. jack dempsey earned his name because he went from a nobody to a legend in the times of the great depression.
mrfunkeymunkey1 6 months ago
fuckin dudley
Butchurus 6 months ago
1:59 COME AT ME BRO
AlmightyScubba 6 months ago
@MrTamzah74 Are you serious? That guy who "couldn't even compete in today's Heavyweight wasteland" was taller and weighed more than Tyson. And you're right to call boxing today a "wasteland". Tyson bit off a guys fucking ear. That's not boxing, thats disgraceful. That's why people dismiss his successes. Besides, even Muhammed Ali was questioned during his career, people said his opponent threw the fight because it was over so fast. It happens, it probably happened to Dempsey too, get over it.
latuacantante121 6 months ago 2
holy shit willard can take a hit
naynaybayable 6 months ago
I'm not dismissing anyone's success. But I still think Dempsey was great too.
MoeB159 6 months ago
Dempsey climbed his way to the title fighting his far share of quality oppostion on the way up. Opponents such as Bill Brennan, Billy Miske, Carl Morris, Fred Fulton were top notch contenders on the way up and they were in there prime.
andrewr62 6 months ago
@MrTamzah74 That scrappy club fighter just knocked the World Heavyweight Champion down seven times in the first round. Unimpressive my ass
MoeB159 6 months ago
2:40 - DEMPSEY ROLL
gerardrocks1 6 months ago
I've seen most of the great fights: Fight of the Century, Thrilla in Manila, Rumble in the Jungle, The Sound and the Fury, Sunshine Showdown, etc. etc., but this was the first one for me that was truly hard to watch.
whitl103 6 months ago
they maneuver around the side of the ring now what what what there's that big left and willard's down!
tommygumport 6 months ago
i love this !
joetheazl 6 months ago
so dempsey didn't win his money? lol
bphatboyjohn123 7 months ago
this is more entertaining then modern boxing...although a I believe there is no reason to go until you are loosing teeth...that kind of stuff can ruin lives
adamskyb 7 months ago
@iamtheemighty1 You cant judge fighters like that unfortunately, styles make fights. Frazier beat Ali, Ali beat Foreman, Foreman beat Frazier
Fudelan 7 months ago
ha ha he puched him before he got back up thats a foul
jordan7787 7 months ago
@iamtheemighty1 LOL good one thanks
illmatic826 7 months ago
@iamtheemighty1 - Nice original comeback!
1899sharkey 7 months ago
@iamtheemighty1 -You need to change your username to iamthemightypieceofshit !!! Take your racist ass to some hiphop channel.
1899sharkey 7 months ago
@1899sharkey go rape your mother again she needs you now
illmatic826 7 months ago
@1899sharkey hey 1899sharkey go rape your daddy she needs you now
illmatic826 7 months ago
IMBA!!!
MrBalong111 7 months ago
of course you won't see a fight like this, it shouldve been over after the 3rd knock down, lol. he wasn't even all the way up n he hit him again, then he was holding on the ropes n he hit him again, just lack of rules n counting, thats why youll never see it like this again, lol.
bphatboyjohn123 7 months ago
@bphatboyjohn123 No third down rule existed at the time. No neutral corner rule. The rule was once both knees left the canvas you could resume punching. He really didn't break the rules here, just beat Willard's ass.
ChrisKoch1989 7 months ago
@ChrisKoch1989 well i meant cuz after the 3rd time, he was too out of it, not cuz he got knocked down 3 straight times, n i know he prob. didnn't break any rules, i was just saying of course u won't see a fight this brutal n crazy anymore because of the rules now,
bphatboyjohn123 7 months ago
thanks for the vid.. i appreciate that you uploaded it.. jack dempsey was fun to watch
7thWarrior 7 months ago in playlist Boxing - Famous Fights
America when it was beautiful.
bear022013 7 months ago
You don't get great commentating like this anymore!
michaelmurph 8 months ago 27
@michaelmurph Those were the days.
flashtin166 5 months ago
this is fightin for real... no boxing.. LOVED IT :D
CursedLegend 8 months ago
I love how everyone is wearing the same hat.
BowToWard86 8 months ago
Thanks for showing the second and third rounds of this fight. They are hardly ever shown.
Lava1964 8 months ago
Dempsey, Pep, Robinson, Ali, Leonard...They all got something in common, Real fighters will see it
RandomLevitation 8 months ago
dempsey is way better than all modern fighters!
back in 1918 they didnt have ipods n shit so dempsey
went around taken kids milk money and kicken ass all around town!
dats waz up R.I.P jd
playgroundpervert 8 months ago
Dempsey is one of the all time American greats and he would kill any top contender today
muclesmarinara 8 months ago
At 3:52 Dempsey knocked into tomorrow...check out the additional frame
jseph1234567890 8 months ago
what the hell is that thumping noise?
jseph1234567890 8 months ago
Thank you for the Upload..great!
jseph1234567890 8 months ago
You got it backwards. Most modern fighters are nowhere near as good as the older ones, mostly because they don't fight as often.
LCBanksOAK 8 months ago
By God they both suck compared to modern fighters.
phillippatterson1 8 months ago
GOD DAM that was an ass whoopin
bluekr2n 8 months ago in playlist Boxing - Famous Fights
1899 sharkey..ur not related to jack ru? read the book. willards book u will c 4 yourself
09bnunez 8 months ago
jack hand wraps were rumors to be soakedin plaster..which jess in laters years said this was true, jacks camp did this because jack was afraid of big jess
09bnunez 8 months ago
@09bnunez - Yes... and the moon landing was fake.
1899sharkey 8 months ago
Bet Willard would have voted YES for the 3 knock down rule
richmelvin 8 months ago
Talk about a bloody beating in a lop-sided matchup. Willard had the advantage and still had his head pummeled. They should have called this in round 2.
MegaJohnson64 8 months ago
92 years later my jaw hurts watching that punishment.
goodbadanduglypoker 8 months ago
@goodbadanduglypoker And your fist too if you gave out that kind of punishment..
jseph1234567890 8 months ago
@jseph1234567890 I'd take the broken hand over the busted jaw and lack of teeth :-)
goodbadanduglypoker 8 months ago
That's why Marciano retired before he ever had to face him.
darthrhom 9 months ago
@darthrhom Thats a bit like saying Tyson retired before fighting Ali, there is about 40yrs between this fight and Marciano retiring in 1956. Tho' I think Dempsey in his prime against Marciano would have been one hell of a fight.
johngittar 9 months ago
Im watching this thinking, Maybe thats where he lost the tooth...Maybe thats the punch that deafened him, Theres the broken rib lol classic
RandomLevitation 9 months ago
It would've been funny if Dempsey lost the match at the end of round one by count out.
stargate121 9 months ago
gotta gives jess some props... even after getting beaten like that, he still continues to fight
ruckaisawesome 9 months ago
@ruckaisawesome Definitley the man has heart to carry on after that beating.
goodbadanduglypoker 8 months ago
No mandatory 8 count rule + No neutral corner rule = Dempsey positioning himself BEHIND Willard and beating the crap out of him
eraser122 9 months ago
How can you just hover right over a dude that just got knocked down and throw haymakers on him before he even fully stands up?? I mean Dempsey was clearly gonna knock the shit out of him anyway but to me that was a total bitch move.
ksizzle1016 10 months ago
@ksizzle1016 that was the rules back then.........early 1900's
EpicPremonition 10 months ago
@ksizzle1016 That was allowed back then, a common practice. The rule that sent a boxer to a neutral corner when he knocked his opponent down wasn't introduced until 7 years later, and I personally believe beatdowns like this one are the reason that rule was put in place.
blackjackwilliams 9 months ago
the dancing at 9:05 ...lulz
gone42 10 months ago
What an amazing fight! Willard is lucky to have been alive at the end!
3030COLTRON 10 months ago
wft that guy had to have at least 50 lbs on him and dempsey humiliated him
henrry889 10 months ago
@henrry889
black Bruce Lee
EdTheBadass 10 months ago
This fight would of been stopped by the second knockdown in the modern day era.
orriray59 10 months ago
Wow
314159Slairen 10 months ago
boxing was brutal in those days
SEDILEXRE5 10 months ago
Now thats what i like to see : )
syrustheviris 11 months ago
Holy shit can you believe this fight was filmed 92 years ago??!!
emokiller907 11 months ago
dis shyt is crazy wtf lmao cool
MAPakaRedman 11 months ago
willard quits with nose, cheekbone broken and half a dozen teeth knocked out.
wish i was around to see how real men fought back then.
TheWatcher666 11 months ago