Word: dempseys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whole profession has changed a great deal since my days. When I took the crown from Sullivan the whole purse went to the winner, and as it was Sullivan didn't get a cent, not even for, his training expenses. In Dempsey's last fight he got $300,000 regardless of whether he won or not. Fight like that takes all the incentive away. It made very little difference to him whether he won or lost. Believe me when I got into the ring with Sullivan I fought like a fool because it either would make or break...
...opinion the challenger is sure to come from his side of the elimination tournament which is being run by promoter Tex Rickard. Dempsey is the leading contender on the other side, but the Boston boxer believes that the former champion will not succeed in his "comeback" attempt...
...Dempsey's championship days are over;" was Maloney's comment," he himself hasn't decided whether or not he will start training in earnest for an opportunity to meet Tunney again. I think he would be best off if he gave up the attempt. Even if he does take it up seriously I feel sure he will be beaten before he ever gets a chance at Tunney...
Thirty thousand people crowded about the race track at Tia Juana, Mexico-famed drinking, gambling spot for southern Californians and visitors-to witness the rich Coffroth handicap. Among the spectators were noted fighter Jack Dempsey; his wife, movie-actress Estelle Taylor; a host of lesser celebrities, foretelling spring fashions from Paris...
...published on the general subject of journalism. Not only is it being discussed with a vigor and an interest that for the first time approach the intensity of news itself, but in a public that has been fed for twelve months on such hors-d'oevres as the Dempsey-Tunney fight, the death of Rudolph Valentino, Queen Marie, the Hall-Mills case, Aimee McPherson, President Coolidge's sportive antics in the Adirondacks, and Peaches Browning, there must certainly appear symptoms that need the cear sort of diagnosis that Mr. Johnson has provided...