The Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey vs Jess Willard
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Uploaded by bradlee180 on Aug 7, 2006
24 year old, 6'1", 180 lb challenger Dempsey vs 37 year old, 6'6½", 245 lb Heavyweight Champion Willard. July 4th, 1919, Toledo, Ohio. Round 1. Worst beating a champion ever took.
Injuries: caved-in cheekbone, broken jaw, teeth knocked out, broken nose, broken ribs, lost hearing in 1 ear, eyes swollen shut, multiple contusions, cuts, and abrasions.
Dempsey had scored 42 KO's prior to stopping Big Jess. Some feared for Dempsey's life as one of Willard's previous opponents, Bull Young, had died from injuries inflicted by Big Jess. Willard lasted through Rds 2 and 3, but couldn't continue after the third round. Fought in 110 degrees Fahrenheit, 43 degrees Celsius, earning nickname "Massacre in the Sun." Dempsey listed at 187½ lbs for Willard fight, but was actually 180. Fought at 192 lbs against Firpo a few years later. Average man stood 5'7" in 1919. 6'6½", 245 lb in 1919 truly was a Giant. Dempsey became more famous in the 1920's than baseball idol, Babe Ruth.
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the dubbed punches sound like lots of car doors being slammed
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done him
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Boxing limitations is what makes it great...you can't just go for a take down or kick. So you gotta bob, weave, counter, lead, use footwork, etc etc
I like MMA but as beautiful and skillfull bjj cab be (especially with the counters on the ground within seconds of each other) it still says a lot that all people really wanna see is a good old KO!
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this entire page is mma chatter,why is that?this is a boxing area,mma is an unartful bore.its valid,its unique,its warrior like,worthy,but its not boxing.lets talk boxing!
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did he died?felt a bit sorry for the other guy,bet he wished he had bcome a carpenter os something.still,bet he liked driving about in the latest banger and showing off the flashy sundial on his wrist,it was all going so well..until then
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Hajime No Ippo brought me here!
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So yeah, fighting has evolved. Knowledge is power and that knowledge is available to you. Don't choose to ignore it. These great boxers throughout history and the ones today were and are some of the biggest asskickers of their time. But still, boxing needs to be slightly altered to apply it to "street fighting", hence "dirty boxing". I respect both boxing and MMA but MMA certainly has the probability and likelihood of prevailing if the two ever clash in a fight.
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MMA is not a rival to boxing. Think of it as expanded boxing. All boxers can do is punch and use footwork and head movement that is adapted to fighting someone else who can only punch. Boxing is by far the best art when it comes to punching...and only punching.
Unless you expect to knock your potential opponent out with one punch (how many times has that happened in boxing?) the fight will very likely go to a clinch (if your opponent knows what he's doing at least) and ultimately the ground.
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jess willard died after that..
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@eprado9 I saw Ray Mercer fight Caine. He lost but he did ok. Mercer was a decent heavyweight boxer 15-20 years ago. A boxer can learn to fight MMA. How well is the question. In a pure boxing match I would pick the boxer nearly every time but then I have seen some MMA fighters that were pretty scary punchers. As a former boxer myself. I think I could never adapt to the extra weapons MMA fighters have IE feet..knees..But then I was never a world class athelete.
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@bradlee180 in 1993 he still had zero awareness of the takedown, Fight ends in under a minute with Royce winning via rear naked choke.
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@SmLXXX if you mixed fighters from each sport with the opposite sport the one who knows the game better would obviously win. In other words if you put a ufc/mma fighter in a boxing ring where he has no ground game, grappling, or kicking it's a big chance he'll lose. If you put a boxer in a MMA ring he will lose a well. James Tony is a good example for that
eprado91 9 months ago
@eprado91 No, James Toney is not a good example of that.
In 2010 for the Couture fight, Boxrec rated Toney #34 at Heavyweight. He was finished as a boxer.
Way back in In 1993, James Toney rated #3 on the P4P list and would have been more than capable of whupping Royce Gracie's ass at UFC 1, but there was no money in UFC in 1993, .... and there's still very little money in UFC nowadays though James Toney did get the highest purse on that show, but the IRS seized the dummy's whole purse.
bradlee180 9 months ago 8