Jack Dempsey vs Bill Brennan

25 year old, 6'1", 188½ lb Heavyweight Champion Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey vs 27 year old, 6'1", 197 lb challenger KO Bill Brennan. Dempsey's second defense. Dec 14, 1920. Sold out crowd of 17000 fans at Madison Square Garden (dwarfed by the over 80 000 fans Dempsey would draw in his next fight against Carpentier). Scheduled for 15 rds, Brennan lasted longer against Dempsey than any other man. In 1918, contender Dempsey KO'ed contender Brennan in 6 rds, but Brennan fought 30 more fights in 29 months earning a title shot. Brennan closed out his career in 1923 with 48 KO's and 102 fights. Brennan was murdered in 1924. Dempsey's manager, Doc Kearns, blamed the tough Brennan title defense on Dempsey violating the fighters' celibacy rule during training camp. Dempsey bled from the right ear throughout the fight. Brennan was ahead on points going into rd 12.

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• Dempsey
• Manassa
• Mauler
• boxing

[MrBz123wee]

thumbs up if you think that dempsey is the most feocious fighter in history

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

Dempsey was truly great. Somehow he has become underrated.

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@1saxonwolf Thank You.

[1saxonwolf]

@NoGoodBoyo1000 If someone says Dempsey was "overrated" u know they don't know much. As u just learned the arguments r worthless. When the Dean of boxing, Arcel, calls someone the Greatest u should shut your stupid mouth and take notice !

[todafacetodaface]

@NoGoodBoyo1000 listen to urself ur saying that tillis almost beat tyson demspsey lost 2 fucken bums not almost lost he fucken got smashed. jack demspey was fighting in a weak era its not just about tyson im saying they rank dempsey over tyson frazier foreman holmes all who would have smashed him and fought better fighter the only reason why dempsey ranks so high is beacause he was so popular

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@todafacetodaface Tunney-who he knocked out-Gibbons-Carpentier-Hall of Famers. Dempsey beat them with no significant size advantage.Willard and Firpo were at least as good as Bruno and Bonecrusher. Quick Tillis almost beat Tyson! Those so called bums went into decline after Dempsey ruined them. And I never called Tyson a bum because he wasn't. He ranks as a near great. Dempsey was great. If Dempsey was a bum why did Tyson pattern himself after him? I'm done with you .You're wrong. I'm right.

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@todafacetodaface I know more about boxing than you ever will. Ray Arcel who worked with greats from Benny Leonard to Roberto Duran and Larry Holmes said Dempsey was the best heavyweight ever and would have beaten Louis and Ali.Sam Langford called Dempsey the best fighter he ever saw. Harry Greb, Mickey Walker, and MIKE TYSON idolized him and you are arguing with them?

[todafacetodaface]

@NoGoodBoyo1000 well if you say dempsey was robbed so was tyson who knocked buster down for a 13 count. u have no knowledge of boxing. and which immortal did demspey beat? bums that were knocked out multiple times tyson beat top contenders tucker was 37-0 frank bruno biggs and michael spinks who was 31-0 who did dempsey beat. wasnt demspey knocked down 3 times by luis who was a bum. dempsey is OVERRATED

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@todafacetodaface After a 3yr layoff and he got robbed in the rematch. A 23 yr old so called great getting crushed by a 42-1 underdog. Yeah, real great. Tubbs ,Trevor Berbick, Tyrell Biggs. Real immortals there. By the way, you know who is a great Dempsey fan? MIKE TYSON, that's who!

[todafacetodaface]

@NoGoodBoyo1000 ur a fucken hypocrite u say it doesnt matter that dempsey got knocked out in the 1st round and lost to willie meehan twice but u bring up tyson loss to douglas. tyson was on the decline he wasn't traning hard and he didnt have the desire anymore. struggled to beat tucker he got a clear UD unlike dempsey who loss to a bum twice. ur calling carl morris,brennan,fulton, bill miske top contenders those guys were fucken bums. who did dempsey lose 2 a BLOW UP LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@todafacetodaface Mike Tyson was overrated. Who the hell did he ever beat? A washed up Larry Holmes, A blown up light heavyweight in Spinks, after that? Tucker and Ruddock and he struggled with both. He got destroyed by Buster Douglas at the age of 23.

[todafacetodaface]

@NoGoodBoyo1000 let me give u an example they rank him above mike tyson. but mike was the youngest heavyweight champ and had more defenses then demspey in half the time. top contenders Carl Morris who has 23 loses and been ko 5 times Bill Miske who has 14 loses, Fred Fulton whos been knocked out 9 times Bill Brennan who has 19 loses this guys are bums. dempsey fought a bunch of bums his whole career if he was around in any other era he would have been destroyed.