JACK DEMPSEY -vs- LUIS ANGEL FIRPO - HD Documentary - Rare Footage

Muchas gracias desde Argentina!!!

Wow! I rewatch this fight every now and then and always thought it was the most spectacular of fights (maybe tied with the Willard fight?). But never knew Jack was knocked down twice and also that he returned to the ring under 5 seconds (debunking 14 second theories, etc.). Thanks for giving the true account of this "Fight of the Whole 20th Century"!

Its hard to imagine that this fight had bigger implications than the Joe Louis max shmelling fight I can believe it it was up to that point but both those fights for lois were in the first half of the 20th century and still are talked about more so than this fight but it was many years before too

The famous painting was in the second floor hallway of my elementary school... for some reason. Maybe b/c the school was in NJ and was built in 1919?

Great fight! But Demsey wouldn't have had much chance against Jack Johnson.

Ref was BAADDD

It’s no surprise he was the boxer that Mike Tyson admired the most. Both were absolute hammers but both were bested by more “technical” boxers. Regardless, both were all time great heavyweight champs.

Jack Dempsey’s personality reminds me of Ryan Garcia. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😅

A frivolous side note to this match:

An enormous crowd was expected for this match and the first million dollar gate for a boxing match in New York was anticipated. The famous New York ring announcer, Joe Humphries, would be standing in center ring before the fight introducing past boxing luminaries as well as the participants in what was to be the biggest fight in New York history up to that time. Humphries didn’t use a microphone or a megaphone even when one was available and his voice could be heard even in the furthest corners of the Polo Grounds, where this fight took place. He wanted to make sure that he had the pronunciation of Firpo’s name correct while standing before over 80,000 fans. Before the fight he practiced assiduously, battling against his natural New Yawk accent to master the name: Loo-ees Ong-hail Fear-Po! He practiced and practiced until he was satisfied that he had the name down pat.

Comes the night of the fight and Humphries points towards the challenger’s corner and presents him to the crowd: Loo-E Aingel Foipo!

Dempsey's relationship w/ Firpo long after this scrap was interesting they became lifelong friends.

Dempsey's most effective punch was that left hook to the body. Nasty.

No es FPO, sino Firpo. Por favor.

A top-notch review of boxing history and of the men who made it - Bravo, Mr. Weingarten, bravo!

the worst referee and officiating I've ever seen

Extremely well presented and researched, but the technique from both fighters was unbelievably poor. Very surprised.

What a fight

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My Grandfather, Al Smith, was a boxing and wrestling fight announcer back in the 1920-1930's ( and possibly before). I have a video of him announcing the Dempsey-Tunney Long Count Flight, but I'm wondering if it's possible you have him announcing any other fights or matches. I also have some autographed pictures of boxers and wrestlers that I would be happy to share your site.
Thanks.

El revisionismo interesado sobre si los británicos utilizaron o no utilizaron gas en la revuelta iraquí es una discusión bizantina. Demasiado impopular. Pero lo cierto es que los británicos utilizaron gas mostaza incluso con sus tropas nativas en Pakistán. Indigenas expuestos en cámaras de gas como conejos de indias (guinea pigs). Más de 15.000 hombres. Los británicos validaron los protocolos de Ginebra sobre gas, pero lo produjeron por toneladas: Cloro, fosgeno, gas mostaza. ¿No lo utilizaron? Lo utilizaron. Lo utilizaron en la Gran Guerra como los alemanes, y lo usaron sin duda en la Gran Revuelta Iraquí y contra los kurdos. El mariscal de campo sir Claude Auchinleck consideraba a Churchill “un matón desorbitado, sin ningún conocimiento sobre asuntos militares”, Winston también era un racista descarado y sin complejos. Y el racismo inglés, del que Churchill es un paradigma, es un factor determinante para entender tantas cosas. No admitir que se utilizó con los iraquíes y los kurdos lo que no tuvieron escrúpulos en usar con europeos es pura hipocresía. No menos grave es lanzar 90 toneladas de bombas convencionales sobre la población indefensa, y la RAF lo hizo.
Dresde fue arrasada con bombas explosivas y material incendiario. Una ciudad inerme. También Hamburgo. Bombardeos bestiales. Población europea, ¿los mismos responsables hubieran dudado en utilizar el gas mostaza en Irak? No.
Durante la segunda guerra Boér los británicos internaron a miles de civiles en campos de concentración. Destruyeron las granjas, hicieron estériles las tierras, envenenaron los pozos, mataron todo el ganado. 25.000 mujeres y niños bóeres murieron. Si esto se hizo sobre población neerlandesa, holandeses y alemanes ¿qué hubiera hecho detenerse a los británicos a la hora de utilizar el gas venenoso del que disponían en Mesopotamia contra “tribus incivilizadas”? Nada.
De la hambruna en Bengala ya he hablado. De la hambruna irlandesa más vale no hablar.

Tenía hueso seguro si hace poco el mexicano Margarito pudo hacerlo y no lo pillaron asta a saber cuantas veces los utilizo no hace muchos años imagínate hace 100 años aproximadamente las trampas que hacían y como derrotó al campeón gigante welar o como se escriba pero era su apellido y perdonen mi ignorancia al escribir el inglés lo entiendo lo hablo pero no lo escribo pero en español no recuerdo su nombre pero su apellido wilar o algo así y si sabéis de boxeo sabéis a quién me refiero a un gigante campeón mundial alqe las apuestas estaban a su favor y desde entonces dempsey se hizo famoso y campeón peso pesado siendo delgado y pequeño y mucho más pequeño alado del gigante que así le apodaban

Fine video, nice documentary. Firpo had a nasty, clubbing overhand right. Reminds me a bit of Marciano's Susie Q.

It's a ten COUNT, not necessarily ten seconds. Tired of this controversy where people play these stopwatch games to stir false controversy. Learn the rules of boxing, people!

Such amazing footage. the conduct of the referee was something i had never seen before. what happened to the neutral corner rule?

THANK YOU

A wonderfully memory. Thank you😮

And what a fight

so nice thanks

Thank you, for putting this together great to see the old fights, pity Dubois didn't get off the floor on Saturday Night v Usyk and show that much fight to win the Title

Great documentary. Thank you for posting it.

I grew up a few houses up from Jack Dempseys house on Lincoln & 48th in Murray Utah. I was lucky to meet him as a child in the 80s. I was with my grandfather driving home when he suddenly slammed on the breaks and said "its him!" he quickly backed up & pulled into the driveway. Jack Dempsey was in the front yard with his daughter watering the plants. As soon as his daughter saw us she said "No, he does not like to be bothered, youll have to go" My grandfather said "Please I just want my grandson to meet him" She kindly continued to insist that we leave. Just than Mr. Jack Dempsey walked up to us and told his daughter that it was okay..My grandfather told him "I just wanted my grandson to shake hands with the Champ" and jokingly precided to tell him that I was quite the fighter. Jack Dempsey replied "Oh he is is he?" We shook hands and went on our way. I had never seen my grandfather so excited. I am thankful that my grandfather did that for me. I always treasure the memory.

Yet this is the raw novice that Rickard, Stoneham and Kearns are about

to toss in with Jack Dempsey at the Poio Grounds next month. Dempsey

cannot possibly hold up this bum longer than a couple of rounds, even

If he wants to. How long can boxing survive on travesties of this kind?
- Irish-American Advocate August 11, 1923 on Firpo's "poor showing" (KO round 1) in Omaha against Homer Smith.

Nel film Rocky....miky tacconta questa scena di firpo che fece volare fuori dal ring Dempsey

Who is the narrative voice? Is that AI? If so, it's amazing--perfectly modulated, urgent yet understated, helped along by the background music choices.

I always loved that portrait painted of Dempsey landing on that typewriter!

This is an excellent documentary: well written and presented and with lots of great footage of what must have been a really exciting boxing contest. Thank you for sharing this with us.

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Great job on the film. Very well done. Thank you.

Its so bad how it was before the neutral corner rule, they stood over each other ready to pounce. Hardly fair really.

it doesn't make any sense that the neutral-corner rule was not observed.

Those ropes were looser than the ropes in Zaire!!!

This is incredible. Thank you for this

I'll take these old time fighters, all day, ! Long! Rather than the crap we have today !

The only rule observed in that fight was that neither man had a club or knife. That type of brutal mayhem would not be tolerated today. Both fighters and the ref would go to jail if they tried to pull that off today.

No actual boxing skill by either fighter.

Dempsey was never the same after that fight.

Firpo never should have been in the ring with Dempsey, he was totally outclassed. With that said, Firpo fought bravely and kept getting up off the canvas. The Referee was next to useless.

This isn't boxing it's brawling.

Firpo was a very good heavyweight of that era, 6'3" I believe and about 215. He did fight Harry Wills, where WIlls dominated but ending up in a ND. Some records show Wills beating Firpo but aricles I read from that era say it was a ND. Wills never did get a shot at the title because of race but Dempsey wanted it and it even was signed. The NY Commish refused to have it in NY and it fizzled out over finances at the gate. Oh well.